Status
Launch Successful
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Description
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.
Details
Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Location
Unknown
Date
Thu, Dec 19, 1968, 24:32
Weather
Pro