Home Communication News Back New search Date Min Max Aeronautics Automotive Corporate Cybersecurity Defense and Security Financial Healthcare Industry Intelligent Transportation Systems Digital Public Services Services Space Space Contract With Loral for THOR 7 Satellite 29/02/2012 Print Share Loral recently awarded GMV a contract to provide the flight dynamics system and the payload transponder management system for the THOR 7 telecommunications satellite. GMV will provide the Thor 7 flight dynamics system based upon GMV’s product focusSuite, which offers full lifecycle flight dynamics operations support. GMV will also provide the Thor 7 payload transponder management system based upon GMV’s smart rings product which allows engineers to optimize and quickly reconfigure telecommunications payloads so as to minimize downtime. Telenor Satellite Broadcasting, the largest building operator in Scandinavia, selected Loral from a competitive pool to build the satellite. Telenor expects to launch THOR 7 in late 2013 from the Kourou Space Centre in French Guiana. The satellite should be in service for at least 15 years. Print Share Related Space Brussels hosts the fourth edition of The European Space Forum All Defense and SecuritySpace GMV in ILA Berlin, technological leadership and commitment to Europe's defense, security and space sustainability Space GMV signs Zero Debris Charter, the world’s leading initiative to reduce space debris