United States Air ForceThor Delta MSpace Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
INTELSAT III F-7
Launched
April 23, 1970
Image: NASA
Summary
INTELSAT III F-7 launched on an United States Air Force Thor Delta M from Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on April 23, 1970. It was United States Air Force's 520th launch, 11th this year and humanity's 1,080th orbital launch attempt. It was the 9th Thor Delta M flight and the 3rd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). The tracked orbit of INTELSAT III F-7, one of 2 catalogued objects, from May 4, 1970, was 35,777 × 35,813 km inclined 0.2°. 2 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
- 9th Thor Delta M flight · 3rd this yearUnited States Air Force's 520th launch11th this yearhumanity's 1,080th orbital launch attempt34th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INTELSAT III F-7 · NORAD 4376 · 1970-032 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INTELSAT 3-F7
- Object ID
- 1970-032A
- Epoch
- 1970-05-04 00:00:00 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.00266583 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0004238
- Inclination
- 0.228°
- Ascending node
- 225.6742°
- Arg. of perigee
- 344.1379°
- Mean anomaly
- 352.4716°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 13
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- INTELSAT III F-7 · NORAD 4376
Delta 78 Stage 3 · in orbit
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
47th launch from Space Launch Complex 17A, 3rd this year · 246th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
145 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
33 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did INTELSAT III F-7 launch?
INTELSAT III F-7 launched on April 23, 1970. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INTELSAT III F-7?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INTELSAT III F-7?
Thor Delta M, flown by United States Air Force. Thor Delta M spec sheet
Where did INTELSAT III F-7 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did INTELSAT III F-7 reach?
The tracked orbit of INTELSAT III F-7, one of 2 catalogued objects, from May 4, 1970, was 35,777 × 35,813 km inclined 0.2°.
How many satellites did INTELSAT III F-7 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).