| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | Thor-3 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | Norway |
| Operator/Owner | Telenor Satellite Broadcasting |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | -4 |
| Perigee (km) | 35777 |
| Apogee (km) | 35795 |
| Eccentricity | 0.000213492741246798 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.07 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.07 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 1400 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 646 |
| Power (watts) | 1400 |
| Date of Launch | 10-06-1998 |
| Expected Lifetime | 12 yrs. |
| Contractor | Boeing Satellite Systems |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral |
| Launch Vehicle | Delta 2 |
| COSPAR Number | 1998-035A |
| NORAD Number | 25358 |
| Comments | 14 Ku-band; Nordic region, central and eastern Europe. |