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1970 · United States Air Force

INTELSAT III F-7

successThor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-7

The Intelsat 3 spacecraft were used to relay commercial global telecommunications including live TV. Three of the 8 satellites in the series (F1, F5, F8) were unusable due to launch vehicle failures, and most of the remainder did not achieve their desired lifetimes.

Overview

Date / time
April 23, 1970 at 12:46 AM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Space Launch Complex 17A
Mission
INTELSAT III F-7
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Thor Delta M →
Launch provider
United States Air Force →

Payloads deployed · 1

INTELSAT 3-F7
GEO