Thor 3
Thor 3 (the "3" is officially "III") was launched on 9 June 1998, and it was located at 0.8°W. It had 14 active Ku band transponders powered by 47-watt traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs). The satellite was targeted on Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, and parts of Central Europe. Thor3 is currently still in operation and is flying in inclined geostationary orbit but has been pointed towards the middle east. Thor 3 was replaced by Thor 6, in June 2010.
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—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)