United States Air ForceThor Delta MSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
INTELSAT III F-5
Launched
July 26, 1969
Image: NASA
Summary
INTELSAT III F-5 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta M from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on July 26, 1969. The mission failed. It was United States Air Force's 499th launch, 25th this year and humanity's 995th orbital launch attempt. It was the 5th Thor Delta M flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). 22 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Thor Delta M · United States Air Force
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 5th Thor Delta M flight · 3rd this yearUnited States Air Force's 499th launch25th this yearhumanity's 995th orbital launch attempt76th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Catalogued objects
22 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage, 20 debris; none still in orbit
- INTELSAT III F-5 · NORAD 4051 · re-entered October 14, 1988
Delta 71 Stage 3 · re-entered October 21, 2016
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
41st launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 4th this year · 238th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
26 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did INTELSAT III F-5 launch?
INTELSAT III F-5 launched on July 26, 1969. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT III F-5?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT III F-5?
Thor Delta M, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta M spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT III F-5 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit was INTELSAT III F-5 going to?
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO), a communications mission.
How many satellites did INTELSAT III F-5 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, no longer in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).