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1972 · United States Air Force

INTELSAT IV F4

successAtlas SLV-3C Centaur | INTELSAT IV F4

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

Overview

Date / time: January 23, 1972 at 12:12 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 36B
Mission: INTELSAT IV F4
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

Atlas SLV-3C Centaur →

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Payloads deployed · 1