Marcopolo 1 was sold in December 1993 to Nordic Satellite AB of Sweden and operated until 2000 as Sirius 1 at 5°E.
It was switched off in January 2002, and in November of that year it was moved to 7.4°W and reactivated with digital test signals broadcasting toward Scandinavia.
[5] It weighs 1467 kg, and has 15 Ku band transponders, with three spares, powered by 40-watt traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs).
Thor 3 (the "3" is officially "III") was a satellite used by Canal Digital in the Nordic areas for DTH services.
It had 14 active Ku band transponders powered by 47-watt traveling-wave tube amplifiers (TWTAs).
Intelsat 10-02 was launched on 16 June 2004, located at 1°W, and was beamed toward Central Europe and the Middle East.
Thor 6 built by Thales Alenia Space was launched from the Guiana Spaceport on 29 October 2009.