{"id":2758,"date":"2025-09-17T15:05:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:05:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/space-norway-selects-spacex-falcon-9-to-launch-thor-8-satellite-in-2027\/"},"modified":"2025-09-17T15:05:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:05:13","slug":"space-norway-selects-spacex-falcon-9-to-launch-thor-8-satellite-in-2027","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/space-norway-selects-spacex-falcon-9-to-launch-thor-8-satellite-in-2027\/","title":{"rendered":"Space Norway Selects SpaceX Falcon 9 to Launch THOR 8 Satellite in 2027"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Space Norway has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launch of the new communications satellite, THOR 8, into geostationary orbit. The mission, which will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2027, will strengthen Space Norway\u2019s communications capacity for both governmental and commercial clients.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Falcon 9 launch service was selected after a competitive process. SpaceX has an impressive track record of launches, and we count on their reliable services for THOR 8, just as we did for last year\u2019s successful launch of the two ASBM satellites\u201d, says <\/strong><\/em>Peter Olsen<\/strong><\/em>, Head of Satcom Division at Space Norway.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re proud of the trust <\/em>Space Norway<\/em> has in <\/em>SpaceX<\/em> and <\/em>Falcon 9<\/em> to safely launch their THOR 8 spacecraft to orbit,\u201d said SpaceX Vice President of Commercial Sales, <\/strong><\/em>Stephanie Bednarek<\/strong><\/em><\/strong>. \u201cWe look forward to this exciting mission.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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Also Read: What are the Different Types of Satellite Services?<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n

SpaceX was the first company to commercialize the reuse of its rockets, and to date, they have completed more than 500 successful launches and recoveries of Falcon first-stage boosters.<\/p>\n

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  • Expanding Capabilities:<\/strong> THOR 8 is a major undertaking for Space Norway. The satellite will both replace older satellites being phased out in the coming years and provide increased capacity and service offerings for our customers. THOR 8 is part of Space Norway\u2019s multi-orbit strategy, with satellites in low Earth orbit (LEO), geostationary orbit (GEO), and highly elliptical orbit (HEO). This portfolio allows us to serve a broad spectrum of customers with widely varying needs.<\/li>\n
  • Operated from Oslo<\/strong>: THOR 8 will be operated by Space Norway from Oslo, and the company is well underway with the preparations needed to incorporate the new satellite into its overall service offering, both at the satellite operations facility and at the teleport, where service platforms will be located. The French company Thales Alenia Space has started building the satellite, and Space Norway is establishing a local presence at the satellite manufacturing facilities to monitor the construction process closely.<\/li>\n
  • Capacity: <\/strong>THOR 8 is a multi-purpose satellite that offers capacity for both data services and broadcasting. Intelsat has already secured lifetime usage (at least 15 years) for its broadcasting customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    THOR 8 carries two dedicated payloads for broadcasting in Europe and the Nordics, as well as payloads for data services to commercial and governmental customers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Space Norway has signed a contract with SpaceX for the launch of the new communications satellite, THOR 8, into geostationary orbit. The mission, which will launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in 2027, will strengthen Space Norway\u2019s communications capacity for both governmental and commercial clients. \u201cThe Falcon 9 launch service was selected after a competitive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[26,25,42,20],"class_list":["post-2758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-ground","tag-launch","tag-satcom","tag-satellite"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2758"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2758\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}