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Thor 6

Norwegian geostationary communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q1552187

Facts

18 properties
Instance of
communications satellite, geostationary satellite[3]
Country
Norway[2]
Launch date
2009-10-29
Country of origin
France[7]
Launch vehicle
Ariane 5 ECA
Manufacturer
Thales Alenia Space[5]
Mass
3,049 kg, 1,255 kg[17][18]
Operator
Telenor Satellite[4]
Powered by
spacecraft solar array, S400[8][9]
Satellite of
geostationary orbit
Service life
15 year[19]
Significant event
construction contract, rocket launch[13][14]
Space launch vehicle
Ariane 5 ECA[6]
Space tug
ESC-A H14.4[15]
Spacecraft bus
Spacebus-4000B2[12]
Start point
ELA-3[16]
Type of orbit
geostationary orbit[10]
UTC date of spacecraft launch
October 29, 2009[11]
🏷️ Also known as
en Intelsat 1W en Thor 6
🔖 Identifiers · 5
COSPAR ID
2009-058B
Freebase ID
/m/05msrh3
NSSDCA ID
2009-058B
SCN
36033
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Satellite", "36033"]

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 2
communications satellite, geostationary satellite
Significant event 2
rocket launch, construction contract
Country 1
Norway
Country of origin 1
France
Manufacturer 1
Thales Alenia Space
Powered by 1
spacecraft solar array
Space launch vehicle 1
Ariane 5 ECA
Space tug 1
ESC-A H14.4
Spacecraft bus 1
Spacebus-4000B2
Start point 1
ELA-3
Type of orbit 1
geostationary orbit
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Summary

Thor 6 is a communications satellite[1].

Related Entities

Ariane 5 ECA communications satellite ESC-A H14.4 France geostationary satellite Norway Spacebus-4000B2

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . satbeams.com. satbeams.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . satbeams.com. satbeams.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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