Thor 5

Thor 5 (formerly Thor 2R) is a television satellite of the Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor. He was promoted on 11 February 2008 at 11:34 UTC by Proton M / Breeze M rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan into orbit and initially positioned at 16.5 ° West, where he was tested, effective February 27, 2008. On 13 March 2008 Thor 5 reached its target position at 0.8 ° West from which he took up on 17 April 2008 to control mode and gradually replaced the transponder of his predecessor Thor 2. It is based on the Star -2 satellite bus and was manufactured by Orbital Sciences Corporation. With its 24 Ku-band transponders for direct-to -home (DTH ) TV broadcast he will replace his predecessor Thor 2 and transmitted via the Nordic Beam those programs for the Scandinavian speaking countries, which until then had been broadcast on Thor 2. With the additional, focused on Eastern Europe Pan European officials also meet the growing demand for transmission capacity in Eastern and Central Europe will be covered. Thor 5 has 15 active FSS transponders and nine active BSS transponders for fixed footprints. Five more active transponders can be controlled remotely aligned to any region of Europe, from which the position of 0.8 ° West is visible.

Reception

The Nordic Beam can be received in the Baltic States as well as in northern central Europe including the British Isles, in Scandinavia. The Pan European beam can be received throughout Europe, the Canary Islands and in northern Africa.