Launch Success
Liftoff Time (GMT)
00:42:00
Saturday August 18, 1990
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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
Agency
BoeingRocket
Height: 38.1m
Payload to Orbit
GTO: 1,447 kg
Liftoff Thrust
3,481 Kilonewtons
Fairing
Diameter: 2.9m
Height: 8.49m
Stages
3
Strap-ons
9
12th
Mission
7th
Mission of 1990
78th
Orbital launch attempt