Thor Delta D
SuccessEarly Bird · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Tuesday, Apr 6, 1965, 23:47 UTC
Launch window
Tuesday, Apr 6, 1965, 23:47 UTC – Tuesday, Apr 6, 1965, 23:47 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Success
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Mission
Early Bird
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geosynchronous Orbit (GSO)
Early Bird, also known as Intelsat I, the world's first commercial communications satellite, was built for the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) by the Space and Communications Group of Hughes Aircraft Company, later Hughes Space and Communications Company.
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