Communications
INTELSAT 3-F8
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEONORAD 4478
INTELSAT 3-F8 is a Intelsat communications satellite, launched on July 23, 1970 into GEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- July 23, 1970 at 11:23 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Thor Delta M →
- Operator
- United States Air Force
- Mission
- INTELSAT III F-8
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,560 km
- Periapsis
- 33,914 km
- Inclination
- 5.45°
- Orbital period
- 1408.12 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Intelsat
- Launch mass
- 135.78 kg
- Dimensions
- Ø1.42 × 1.04 m
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1970-055A
- NORAD catalog №
- 4478
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Intelsat- Radar cross-section
- 2.5135 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational