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THOR 8 Satellite

Robust connectivity for enterprise & government from the High North to the Middle East.

The need for resilience through multiple connectivity solutions is very strong in an increasingly uncertain future. THOR 8 will play a crucial role in this with flexible, high-powered coverage across the high-demand markets.

Our key objective with the THOR 8 project is to maintain and expand our communication capacity as three of our geostationary satellites are set to retire in the coming years. Thanks to THOR 8, our customers will continue to enjoy access to broadcasting capacity tailored to the Nordics and Central Eastern Europe at the well-established 1°W hotspot with millions of viewers tuned in. THOR 8 will also be an attractive capacity for commercial and government users who need versatile high powered capacity suited for connectivity on land, on sea and in the air. 

THOR 8 satellite

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Explore the THOR 8 missions

Multi-mission, multi-band GEO capacity launching in 2027.

THOR 8 truly deserves the multi-mission label with an architecture that meets the specific requirements of TV broadcasting in tandem with versatile connectivity solutions for land, sea and air in both Ku- and Ka-band.
Scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket in Q4 of 2027, THOR 8 will be slotted in with the other THOR satellites at the well‑established 1° West orbital neighbourhood.

High Throughput mission

  • Multi-spot beam architecture in Ku-band
  • Robust anchoring with diversity and resilience in Norway and Southern Europe
  • High power, high sensitivity and significant capacity tailored to meet demands across each geographical region
  • Coverage diagram (compact version)
  • Connectivity managed service by Space Norway or wholesale capacity for integration by service providers
  • Example use cases: broadband for land, sea and air. Media contribution, including occasional use

Broadcasting mission

  • Nordic and CEE coverage tailored for the 1°W audience
  • Capacity for the future needs of the prime TV aggregators
  • High-power DTH capacity in BSS-band

Geographically steerable mission

  • Bring in high-power capacity with abundant bandwidth anywhere needed on the visible earth
  • Ku-band or Ka-band

Strategic missions

  • Connectivity for government and demanding enterprise use cases

Robust operations

  • 25+ years of flawless satellite operations
  • Architecture for robustness
  • Skilled and vetted support, operation under Norwegian Security Act
  • Opportunity to add-on Space Norway’s Eurofibre terrestrial network service
The image depicts THOR 8 Satellite in space

THOR 8 is a next-generation geostationary communications satellite at the well-established 1° West orbital position. THOR 8 will provide flexible, high-powered satellite capacity for governmental, institutional and commercial users across Europe, the Middle East, West Africa and key maritime corridors. The mission extends a proven GEO service ecosystem while adding versatile capacity for broadcast and connectivity services across land, sea and air.