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Thor 3
Thor 3 was launched on June 10, 1998 aboard a Delta 7925-9.5 from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 1998-035ANORAD 25358Norway
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Thor III
- Common name
- Thor 3
- Payload designation
- Thor 3
- International designator
- 1998-035A
- NORAD catalog number
- 25358
- GCAT identifier
- S25358
- UN registration
- ST/SG/SER.E/730
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Commercial
- Program
- Thor
- Owner
- Telenor
- Country
- Norway
- Builder
- Hughes Space and Comms. Co (Hughes Satellite Systems)
- Platform (bus)
- HS-376HP
Launch
- Date
- June 10, 1998 · 00:35 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-035Success
- Rocket
- Delta 7925-9.5
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC17A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,753 km
- Apogee
- 35,819 km
- Inclination
- 0.13°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- June 2019
- End of operations
- Jun 21, 2019
Size
- Mass
- 821 kg
- Dry mass
- 650 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,451 kg
- Length
- 7.8 m
- Diameter
- 2.20 m
- Span
- 7.8 m
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q1523180 (CC0).