Phuket sailors warned of falling space-launch debris

PHUKET: The Royal Thai Navy issued a warning today for ships to steer clear of an Indian Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) debris-fall zone in the Andaman Sea between March 9 and April 8.

The area marked in the warning, about 400km northwest of Phuket, is within the following coordinates:

9°15’00″N 94°45’00″E
10°05’00″N 95°05’00″E
9°45’00″N 96°00’00″E
8°55’00″N 95°40’00″E

“All ships, please be careful and avoid this area,” the statement read.

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The PSLV will be launched from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in India. It will carry the Indian Regional Navigational Satellite System (IRNSS) -1D, which is the fourth of seven satellites slated to be launched to provide navigational services to the region.

— Kongleaphy Keam

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