Tags: Telenor, Thor II, SES
Publication: BroadbandTVNews.com
Publication Date: 01/14/2013

Telenor Satellite Broadcasting confirmed its Thor II satellite has been successfully deorbited. The six-day deorbiting operation was completed on Jan. 10.

Thor II was Telenor’s first communications satellite, launched in 1997 by a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral. During the beginning of its mission it operated together with Thor I, which was purchased as Marcopolo 2 after the collapse of British Satellite Broadcasting. Later in its mission, Thor II was leased to SES for use at 5 degrees East.

After 15 years or operational life, Thor II was placed on a “graveyard slot” in an orbit more than 350 km above GEO.

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