Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
22:39:00
Tuesday May 20, 1997
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Thor (previously known as Marcopolo) is a family of satellites designed, launched, and tested by Hughes Space and Communications (now part of Boeing Satellite Systems) for British Satellite Broadcasting (BSB), and were used for Britain's Direct Broadcast Service.
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
1 Payload
1,467 kilograms
Manufacturer
ULARocket
Height: 38.1m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 1,819 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,511 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.9m
Height: 8.49m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
9
57th
Mission
3rd
Mission of 1997
27th
Orbital launch attempt