Delta 3920/PAM-D from Cape Canaveral LC-17B placed Galaxy 3, a Hughes HS-376 geostationary communications satellite for Hughes Communications, into GEO for U.S. television, voice, and data relay.
- Outcome
- Success
- Orbit
- Direct-GEO
- Geostationary orbit
- Payload to orbit
- 1.1 T (est.)
- Flight
- 5th
- of 6 Delta 3920/PAM flights
- Date and time
- 21 September 1984, 22:18 UTC
- Rocket
- Delta 3920/PAM
- Builder
- McDonnell Douglas
- Launch site
- Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
- Payload
- Communications
- International designator
- 1984-101
- Launches in 1984
- 101st of 129
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