INTELSAT III F-8 Mission
Launch Status
Success
Date & Time
23 Jul 1970, 11:23pm
UTC
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A
Launch Service Provider
Vehicle
Mission
INTELSAT III F-8
Mission Type
Communications
Destination
Geostationary Orbit
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.
Updated: Jan 3, 7:55pm UTC
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