INTELSAT III F-8
Thor Delta M
United States Air Force
Launch Status
SuccessMission
INTELSAT III F-8
Type: Communications
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, FL, USA
872 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.
Rocket
Thor Delta M – McDonnell Douglas
- Family: Thor
- Length: 34 m
- Diameter: 2.44 m
- Launch Mass: 103 T
- Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 355 kg
The Thor Delta M was manufactured by McDonnell Douglas with the first launch on 1968-09-19. Thor Delta M has 10 successful launches and 2 failed launches with a total of 12 launches. American orbital launch vehicle family with Thor first stage and a delta second stage.
Agency
United States Air Force – USAF
- Type: Government
- Abbreviation: USAF
- Country: USA
