United States Air Force
INTELSAT III F-1
Thor Delta M
FAILURE
Failure
Thursday, September 19, 1968 · 00:09 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 Failure
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
36
Pad Launches
221
Location Launches
462
Agency Launches
89
Orbital This Year