1967 · United States Air Force
INTELSAT II F-3
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The Intelsat II series of satellites, first launched in 1966, marked the third generation of communications satellites developed by Hughes.
Overview
- Date / time
- March 23, 1967 at 01:30 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B
- Mission
- INTELSAT II F-3
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geosynchronous Orbit