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INTELSAT III F-8

Thor Delta M

United States Air Force

Launch Status
Success

Mission

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.

Trajectory

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Location

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

889 rockets have launched from Cape Canaveral, FL, USA.

Space Launch Complex 17A, 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
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