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Intelsat III F-6

Intelsat III F-6 was a communications satellite owned by Intelsat. The satellite had an estimated useful life of 5 years.

Design

The sixth of eight Intelsat III satellites to be launched, Intelsat III F-6 was built by TRW. It was a 293 kg spacecraft equipped with two transponders to be powered by body-mounted solar cells generating 183 watts of power.[3] It had a design life of five years and carried an SVM-2 apogee motor for propulsion.[4]

Launch

Intelsat III F-6 was launched on a Delta M rocket, flying from Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch took place on January 15, 1970, with the spacecraft bound for a geosynchronous transfer orbit.[1]

See also

  • 1970 in spaceflight

References

  1. Jonathan McDowell. Launch Log Jonathan's Space Page, retrieved April 21, 2017^
  2. Goddard Space Flight Center NASA. INTELSAT 3 F-6 NSSDC Master Catalog, retrieved April 21, 2017^
  3. Mark Wade. Intelsat 3 Encyclopedia Astronautica, retrieved April 21, 2017^
  4. Gunter Krebs. Intelsat-3 Gunter's Space Page, retrieved April 21, 2017^