Intelsat III F-3, a commercial geostationary communications satellite for the Intelsat consortium. Thor Delta M from Cape Canaveral LC-17A on 6 February 1969 placed it in GEO for international telephony and television relay.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 291 kg
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 12 Thor Delta M flights
- Date and time
- 6 February 1969, 00:39 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta M
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1969-011
- Launches in 1969
- 14th of 125
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