THOR 5 at 1° West
Position: | 1° West |
Manufacturer: | Orbital ATK |
Operator: | Space Norway (former Telenor Satellite Services) |
Launch operator: | ILS |
Launch vehicle: | Delta II |
Launch date: | 02/08/2008 |
Expected lifetime: | 13 Years |
THOR 5 (1° W) satellite is operated by Space Norway (former Telenor Satellite Services). The satellite was built by Orbital Sciences Corp. (Orbital ATK – Northrop Grumman) and launched on February 11th, 2008 on a Delta II rocket operated by Lockheed Martin. The launch was contracted to launch operator ILS.
In April 2018. that timer Telenor signed a multi-transponder agreement with satellite operator Intelsat to support growth of leading Direct-to-Home (DTH) platform in Central and Eastern Europe. The agreement will provide Intelsat with satellite capacity for its broadcast customers on THOR 5.