Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:35:00
Wednesday June 10, 1998
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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 Earth Orbit
1 Payload
1,451 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
72nd
Mission
7th
Mission of 1998
36th
Orbital launch attempt