Payload
THOR I (MARCOPOLO 2)
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
THOR I (MARCOPOLO 2) is a Norway payload satellite, launched on August 18, 1990 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- August 18, 1990 at 12:42 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Delta II 6925 →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- Marcopolo 2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,098 km
- Periapsis
- 36,076 km
- Inclination
- 14.57°
- Orbital period
- 1451.47 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Norway
- Launch mass
- 674.93 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1990-074A
- NORAD catalog №
- 20762
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Norway- Radar cross-section
- 2.5118 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational