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INTELSAT 3-F5
Decayed
Communications
LEO
Relays voice, data, internet or broadcast signals between points on Earth.
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Launch
Launch date
July 26, 1969 at 02:06 AM UTC
Launch site
Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
Launched by
Thor Delta M →
Operator
United States Air Force
Mission
INTELSAT III F-5
Launch record
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Orbit
Orbit regime
LEO
Apoapsis
163 km
Periapsis
117 km
Inclination
30.16°
Orbital period
87.29 min
Identity
COSPAR (Int'l)
1969-064A
NORAD catalog №
4051
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Intelsat
Radar cross-section
3.492 m²
Status
Decayed
Decay / reentry
October 14, 1988
End of mission
Last active / ended
October 14, 1988
Time in service
19.2 years
Fate
Reentered Earth's atmosphere and was destroyed.
Final status
Decayed