Intelsat III F-6, a commercial geostationary communications satellite for the Intelsat consortium. Delta M from Cape Canaveral LC-17A lofted it on 15 January 1970 into GEO for global telephone and TV relay.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 294 kg
- Flight
- 7th
- of 12 Thor Delta M flights
- Date and time
- 15 January 1970, 00:16 UTC
- Rocket
- Thor Delta M
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1970-003
- Launches in 1970
- 3rd of 124
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