Delta II 6925 launched Marcopolo 2 (BSB-R2) for British Satellite Broadcasting, a backup direct-broadcast satellite built on the HS-376 bus. It was later sold to Telenor in 1992 and renamed Thor 1.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.2 T
- Flight
- 9th
- of 13 Delta II 6925 flights
- Date and time
- 18 August 1990, 00:42 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta II 6925
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1990-074
- Launches in 1990
- 78th of 121
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