Thor 3 |
Norway |
Spacecraft n°: |
Norwegian spacecraft n°: 3 |
| Designation | 25358 / 98035A |
| Launch date | 10 Jun 1998 |
| Launch site | CC, LC-17A |
| Launch vehicle | Delta-7925 (#258) |
| Mission | Communications |
| Geostationary orbit: | |
| Location | 0.8°W |
| Prime contractor | Hughes |
| Platform | HS-376HP |
| Mass at launch | |
| Mass in orbit | 646 kg |
| Dimension | 2.16 m diameter x 3.32 m height (7.76 m deployed) |
| Solar array | gallium arsenide |
| Stabilization | spin stabilized |
| DC power | EOL: 1400 W |
| Design lifetime | 11 years |
| Main transponders | 14 |
| Backup transponders | |
| Power | 47 W |
| Bandwidth | 33 MHz |
| Coverage | Scandinavia and central Europe |
| EIRP | |
| Polarization | |
| Frequencies | downlink: 11.7 - 12.5 GHz |
| Transponder | Polarization | Frequency |
| 1 | V | 11.727 |
| 2 | H | 11.747 |
| 6 | H | 11.823 |
| 18 | H | 12.054 |
| 23 | V | 12.149 |
| 24 | H | 12.169 |
| 27 | V | 12.226 |
| 28 | H | 12.245 |
| 31 | V | 12.303 |
| 32 | H | 12.322 |
| 35 | V | 12.380 |
| 36 | H | 12.399 |
| 39 | V | 12.456 |
| 40 | H | 12.476 |