Thor 5 geostationary communications satellite for Norwegian operator Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, providing direct-to-home television and broadband services across the Nordic region and Baltic states.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 3 T
- Flight
- 19th
- of 68 Proton-M Briz-M flights
- Date and time
- 11 February 2008, 11:34 UTC
- Rocket
- Proton-M Briz-M
- Builder
- Khrunichev
- Launch site
- 200/39 (200L), Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 2008-006
- Launches in 2008
- 6th of 69
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