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Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-8

Name: Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-8
Start: 1970-07-23T23:23:00.000Z
End: 1970-07-23T23:23:00.000Z
Location: Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

July 23, 1970 at 11:23 PM UTC

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission imagery · Thor Delta M

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July 23, 1970 at 11:23 PM UTC

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Space Launch Complex 17A

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

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Rocket: Thor Delta M
Launch site: Space Launch Complex 17A
Launch probability: Not published
Window opens: July 23, 1970 at 11:23 PM UTC
Window closes: July 23, 1970 at 11:23 PM UTC
Feed updated: June 14, 2023 at 5:40 PM UTC

Mission description

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.

Vehicle

Thor Delta M

Thor · Delta M

Height

34 m

Diameter

2.44 m

LEO capacity

355 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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