flown missionFailure
Thor Delta M | INTELSAT III F-5
United States Air ForceSpace Launch Complex 17A — Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
mission
- Name
- INTELSAT III F-5
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
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.
schedule
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vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Thor Delta M
- Family
- Thor
- Variant
- Delta M
- Provider
- United States Air Force
- Type
- Government
- Country
- USA
launch site
- Pad
- Space Launch Complex 17A
- Location
- Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Country
- USA
- Timezone
- America/New_York
- Coordinates
- 28.4472, -80.5650