Thailand

Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (GISTDA; created in 2000 from the Thailand Remote Sensing Center that was established in 1979); National Space Policy Committee (NSPC) (2025)

none; in 2023, announced intentions to build a spaceport with South Korean assistance (2025)

has an ambitious national space program focused on the acquisition, production, and operation of satellites, as well as research and development of related infrastructure, sciences, and technologies; operates communications and remote sensing (RS) satellites; manufactures scientific/research/testing cube satellites and is developing the capabilities to produce RS satellites (has historically built satellites with foreign assistance); works with a range of foreign space agencies and industries, including those of China, France, India, the Netherlands, Pakistan, Russia, South Korea, and the US; founding member of the China-led Asia-Pacific Space Cooperation Organization (APSCO); has a commercial space industry, including Southeast Asia’s first dedicated satellite manufacturing facility, which opened in 2021 (2025)

1982 - established first satellite ground station

1993 - first foreign-built commercial communications satellite (Thaicom-1) launched on European rocket

2008 - first remote sensing satellite (Theos-1; aka Thaichote) co-developed with France and launched by Russia 

2018 - first domestically produced scientific/research satellite (KNACKSAT) launched by US

2024 - signed memorandum of understanding with China for cooperation on Beijing's lunar research station project and space exploration; signed US-led Artemis Accords