On Thursday evening, October 29, Arianespace boosted two direct-to-home (DTH) TV broadcast satellites into geostationary transfer orbit: NSS-12 for the operator SES WORLD SKIES, a subsidiary of SES, and THOR 6 for Telenor Satellite Broadcasting AS, a subsidiary of the Norwegian mobile operator, Telenor.

Arianespace Flight / NSS-12 & THOR 6

Arianespace was founded in 1980 as the world’s first satellite launch company. Today, it has 21 shareholders from 10 European countries (including CNES with 34%, Astrium with 30% and all European companies participating in the Ariane 5 programme). Since its creation, Arianespace has signed contracts with 78 customers and launched with Ariane launchers 298 payloads, accounting for more than half of the commercial satellites now in service worldwide.

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Arianespace Flight / NSS-12 & THOR 6

Arianespace Flight / NSS-12 & THOR 6