INTELSAT III F-8

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.

Associated launch

Thor Delta MSuccess

INTELSAT III F-8 · United States Air Force

Thursday, Jul 23, 1970, 23:23 UTC