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FailureINTELSAT III F-1 · United States Air Force
Launch time (NET)
Thursday, Sep 19, 1968, 00:09 UTC
Launch window
Thursday, Sep 19, 1968, 00:09 UTC – Thursday, Sep 19, 1968, 00:09 UTC
Provider
United States Air Force
Rocket
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA · Open map
Status
Failure
Either the launch vehicle did not reach orbit, or the payload(s) failed to separate.
Mission
INTELSAT III F-1
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
The Intelsat 3 spacecraft were used to relay commercial global telecommunications including live TV. Three of the 8 satellites in the series (F1, F5, F8) were unusable due to launch vehicle failures, and most of the remainder did not achieve their desired lifetimes.
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