Satcom 3R (RCA-D), an RCA commercial communications satellite replacing the lost Satcom 3. Delta 3910/PAM-D from Cape Canaveral LC-17A delivered the craft to geostationary orbit for U.S. domestic TV and data relay; decommissioned in 1991.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T
- Flight
- 3rd
- of 7 Delta 3910/PAM flights
- Date and time
- 20 November 1981, 01:37 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 3910/PAM
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1981-114
- Launches in 1981
- 116th of 126
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