Marisat 3 (Marisat F3), a COMSAT maritime communications satellite for U.S. Navy and commercial shipping. Delta 2914 from Cape Canaveral LC-17A placed the craft into geostationary orbit, completing the three-satellite Marisat constellation in 1976.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 655 kg
- Flight
- 14th
- of 30 Delta 2914 flights
- Date and time
- 14 October 1976, 22:44 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 2914
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1976-101
- Launches in 1976
- 103rd of 131
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