Intelsat II F-3 (Canary Bird), a Hughes commercial GEO communications satellite for INTELSAT over the Atlantic. Delta E1 from Cape Canaveral LC-17B lofted it on 23 March 1967; also supported NASA Apollo communications.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- GSO
- Geosynchronous orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 163 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 17 Thor Delta E1 flights
- Date and time
- 23 March 1967, 01:30 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta E1
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1967-026
- Launches in 1967
- 28th of 139
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