Thor 2

 1997-025A

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Thor IIA is an HS-376HP, the high power version of the satellite, built for Telenor Satellite Services AS of Oslo, Norway. Launch in 1997 by Delta 7925. The Thor satellites are named after explorer Thor Heyerdahl, and presumably also after the Norse god. Launch mass was 1467 kg.

Launch was the first from LC17A to be controlled from the 1 SLS Operations building completed after the Jan 1997 Delta explosion.

Thor 2
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1997 May 20	2239:00	Launch by Delta 7925-9.5	CC LC17A
	2243	T+4:23 MECO
	2243	Delta burn 1 5:20
	2248:57	T+9:57 Delta SECO 1	157 x 174 x 29.2
		12 min coast
	2301:20	Delta burn 2 T+22:20, 0:46
	2302:06	Delta SECO 2	157 x 1315 x 28.0?
		46 min coast
	2348:11	Delta burn 3 T+69:11 0:56
	2349:07	Delta SECO 3	1267 x 1830 x 26.5
	2350	Delta sep
	2350:37	Star 48B burn T+71:37 0:87
	2352:04	Star 48B shutdown
	2354	Star 48B sep T+74:57	1280 x 36589 x 19.6
1997 May 21	0011	Delta depletion	646 x 1665 x 26.3
1997 May 21			666.33 1313 x 36471 x 19.7
1997 May 22			668.05 1260 x 36612 x 19.6
1997 May 23	0140?	Star 30 burn
1997 May 24			1360.00 31808 x 36758 x 0.9
1997 May 26			1417.83 35062 x 35794 x 0.0 GEO 37.3W+4.6E
1997 Jun 11			1436.12 35780 x 35793 x 0.0 GEO 0.9W
1997 Jul 8		From HSC to Telenor
1997 Aug 7			1436.08 35776 x 35795 x 0.1 GEO 0.8W
1999 Oct 11			1436.07 35773 x 35798 x 0.0 GEO 0.7W
2006 Aug 1			1436.07 35779 x 35792 x 0.1 GEO 0.7W
2008 Jul 3			1436.11 35778 x 35795 x 0.0 GEO 0.8W
2008 Jul		Moved to 5 E for SES Sirius
2008 Aug 7			1436.09 35776 x 35796 x 0.3 GEO 5.0E
2011 May 3			1436.04 35775 x 35796 x 2.7 GEO 5.2E
2011 May 19		Move out	1434.41 35743 x 35764 x 2.7 GEO 11.5E+0.4E/d
		Lease to SES
2011 Jun 16		Move in at 23E
2011 Jun 16			1436.13 35781 x 35791 x 2.9 GEO 23.3E
2012 May 15			1436.07 35781 x 35791 x 3.6 GEO 23.3E