United States Air Force
INTELSAT III F-8
Thor Delta M
SUCCESS
Success
Thursday, July 23, 1970 · 23:23 UTC
Mission
/01The 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.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Thor Delta M
Variant: Delta M
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.447° N, 80.565° W
48
Pad Launches
248
Location Launches
525
Agency Launches
61
Orbital This Year