Intelsat III F-5, a commercial geostationary communications satellite for the Intelsat consortium, launched on a Thor Delta M from Cape Canaveral LC-17A; third-stage failure left the spacecraft in an unusable orbit.
- Outcome
- Partial
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 294 kg
- Flight
- 5th
- of 12 Thor Delta M flights
- Date and time
- 26 July 1969, 02:06 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta M
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1969-064
- Launches in 1969
- 75th of 125
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