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Thor Delta D | Early Bird

Name: Thor Delta D | Early Bird
Start: 1965-04-06T23:47:50.000Z
End: 1965-04-06T23:47:50.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

April 6, 1965 at 11:47 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission imagery · Thor Delta D

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April 6, 1965 at 11:47 PM UTC

Status: Launch Successful · Live feed refreshes every 30 seconds

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · 28.4472, -80.5650

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Rocket: Thor Delta D
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: April 6, 1965 at 11:47 PM UTC
Window closes: April 6, 1965 at 11:47 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:40 PM UTC

Mission description

Early Bird, also known as Intelsat I, the world's first commercial communications satellite, was built for the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company, later Hughes Space and Communications Company.

Vehicle

Thor Delta D

Thor · Delta D

Height

32 m

Diameter

2.44 m

LEO capacity

450 kg

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Launch complex

Space Launch Complex 17A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.

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