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THOR 1
Former television satellite. THOR 1 was launched on August 18, 1990 aboard a Delta 6925 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Sep 15, 1992).
COSPAR 1990-074ANORAD 20762United Kingdom
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Marcopolo 2
- Common name
- THOR 1
- Payload designation
- BSB R2
- International designator
- 1990-074A
- NORAD catalog number
- 20762
- GCAT identifier
- S20762
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/241
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- BSB
- Owner
- BSB
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376
Launch
- Date
- August 18, 1990 · 00:42 UTC
- Launch record
- 1990-074Success
- Rocket
- Delta 6925
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17B
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,717 km
- Apogee
- 35,858 km
- Inclination
- 0.30°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- September 15, 1992
- Last known active
- Jan 6, 2003
- End of operations
- Jan 6, 2003
Size
- Mass
- 690 kg
- Dry mass
- 500 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,233 kg
- Length
- 7.2 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 7.2 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q2428813 (CC0).