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INTELSAT III F-3

Thor Delta M

United States Air Force

Launch Status
Success

Mission


INTELSAT III F-3

  • Type: Communications
  • Orbit: Geostationary Orbit
  • Launch Cost: $22,300,000

The 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.

Location


Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Space Launch Complex 17A has witnessed the launch of 145 rockets, including 145 orbital launch attempts, while Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA, has been the site for 986 rocket launches.

Space Launch Complex 17A

Rocket


McDonnell Douglas Thor Delta M

American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.

Agency


United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. Originally created on 1 August 1907, as a part of the United States Army Signal Corps, the USAF was established as a separate branch of the United States Armed Forces in 1947 with the enactment of the National Security Act of 1947.

United States Air Force
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