{"id":87770,"date":"2009-12-16T19:42:07","date_gmt":"2009-12-16T15:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/thor-6-satellite-completes-in-orbit-testing\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:46:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T06:46:31","slug":"thor-6-satellite-completes-in-orbit-testing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/thor-6-satellite-completes-in-orbit-testing\/","title":{"rendered":"Thor 6 Satellite Completes In-Orbit Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[12-16-09] <strong>Telenor Satellite Broadcasting\u2019s<\/strong> (TSB) Thor 6 satellite has completed all necessary in-orbit and ground related testing will begin commercial service in late December, the operator announced Dec. 15. <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TSB has taken formal ownership of the satellite and is now controlling the satellite from its in-house space control center in Oslo, Norway.&nbsp; <br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Thor 6 satellite is fitted with 36 Ku-band transponders and aims to provide DTH television broadcasting services from the orbital location at 1 degree West. The new satellite also offers direct replacement capacity for services currently residing on Thor 3.<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \u201cWith Thor 6 now ready to commence service, TSB has effectively doubled its capacity availability from 1 degree West, one of the fastest growing orbital locations in Central and Eastern Europe,\u201d said Cato Halsaa, CEO of TSB, in a statement.<\/p>\n<h2>Related Stories-<\/h2>\n<p>\n<b class=\"titlelink\">Arianespace Launches Thor 6 and NSS-12<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tOctober 30, 2009<br \/>\n[11-02-09] Arianespace has launched Telenor Satellite Broadcasting s (TSB) Thor 6 and SES World Skies NSS-12 satellites into orbit. The Ariane 5 was launched Oct. 29 from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">Telenor Selects Hiltron K-Band Antenna System for Norwegian Teleport<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tAugust 28, 2009<br \/>\n[08-28-09] Satellite-link service provider Telenor awarded a contract to Hiltron Communications to supply a 7.6-meter K-band transmit\/receive antenna system with tracking and full reflector de-icing features, Hiltron announced Aug\u2026<\/p>\n<p><b class=\"titlelink\">TSB Signs New UPC Direct Capacity Deal<\/b>&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tSatellite Today&nbsp;&nbsp; \t\t\tJuly 10, 2009<br \/>\n[07-10-09] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSB) signed a long-term satellite distribution agreement with European direct-to-home provider UPC Direct to supply seven transponders to relocate UPC s current broadcast traffic to the\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[12-16-09] Telenor Satellite Broadcasting\u2019s (TSB) Thor 6 satellite has completed all necessary in-orbit and ground related testing will begin commercial service in late December, the operator announced Dec. 15. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; TSB has taken formal ownership of the satellite and is now controlling the satellite from its in-house space control center in Oslo, Norway.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87770","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87770"}],"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=87770"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87770\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":87953,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87770\/revisions\/87953"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87770"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87770"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87770"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}