Thor 6

Thor 6 is a Satellite of the Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS.

He is the first built by Thales Alenia Space for Telenor Satellite. It is based on the satellite bus Spacebus 4000B2 and to replace from 2010 Thor 3. He has 36 Ku -band transponders with those of North, Central, and Eastern Europe are to be supplied with particular television programs. Thor 6 was launched on 29 October 2009 with NSS -12 ECA with an Ariane 5 flight number 192 from the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana off into space. After 31 minutes of flight Thor 6 in a Geotransferorbit ( GTO) was suspended and later stationed by a separate engine on the 0.8 ° West position in geosynchronous orbit. Telenor could convert into regular operation the satellite in December 2009. With solar panels deployed booms of 3050 kg, the satellite has a wingspan of 29.6 meters. The design life is 15 years.