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1971 · United States Air Force

INTELSAT IV F3

successAtlas SLV-3C Centaur | INTELSAT IV F3

Geostationary communications satellite developed by Hughes Aircraft Company

Overview

Date / time: December 20, 1971 at 01:10 AM UTC
Outcome: success
Launch site: Launch Complex 36A
Mission: INTELSAT IV F3
Mission type: Communications
Orbit achieved: Geostationary Orbit

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