Palo Alto, Calif. — June 20, 2011

Space Systems/Loral (SS/L) announced today that it was awarded a contract to provide a multi-mission spacecraft Thor 7 for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting (TSBc). The satellite will include Telenor’s first Ka-band payload, which will be used for maritime broadband services as well as Ku-band transponders to expand the broadcast capacity in Central and Eastern Europe.

More info: http://www.ssloral.com/html/pressreleases/pr20110620.html

Thor 7 info