Intelsat IV F-7, a Hughes HS-312 geostationary commercial communications satellite for the Intelsat consortium. Atlas SLV-3D Centaur-D1A (AC-31) from Cape Canaveral LC-36A placed the craft into transfer orbit on 23 August 1973 for Atlantic/Indian Ocean service.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.4 T
- Flight
- 2nd
- of 32 Atlas SLV-3D Centaur flights
- Date and time
- 23 August 1973, 22:57 UTC
- Rocket
- Atlas SLV-3D Centaur
- Builder
- Convair
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1973-058
- Launches in 1973
- 64th of 116
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