LaunchesINTELSAT III F-8
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INTELSAT III F-8
Thor Delta M · Communications
1970Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral
Mission
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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- USAF
- Rocket
- Thor Delta M
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2