Intelsat I F1 (Early Bird), the first commercial geosynchronous communications satellite, launched on a Thor Delta D from Cape Canaveral LC-17A for COMSAT/Intelsat Atlantic TV and telephone service; final Delta D flight.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 68 kg
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 2 Thor Delta D flights
- Date and time
- 6 April 1965, 23:47 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta D
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1965-028
- Launches in 1965
- 32nd of 124
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