Intelsat III F-8

Overview

Intelsat III F-8

mission type	Communications
operator	Intelsat
cospar id	1970-055A
satcat	04478
mission duration	5 years (planned) Launch failure
manufacturer	TRW
bol mass	151 kg
launch mass	293 kg
power	183 W
launch date	July 23, 1970, 00:16:03 UTC‡R1R‡
launch rocket	Delta M
launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-17A
orbit epoch	July 23, 1970‡R2R‡
orbit reference	Geocentric‡R2R‡
orbit regime	Geostationary‡R2R‡
orbit periapsis	19,400 km‡R2R‡
orbit apoapsis	36,030 km‡R2R‡
orbit inclination	13.3°‡R2R‡
orbit eccentricity	0.24386‡R2R‡
orbit period	1,043.0 minutes‡R2R‡
apsis	gee
programme	Intelsat III
previous mission	Intelsat III F-7
next mission	Intelsat IV F-1 (Intelsat IV)

Intelsat III F-8 was a communications satellite owned by Intelsat. The satellite had an estimated useful life of 5 years.

Design

The last of eight Intelsat III satellites to be launched, Intelsat III F-8 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-8 was launched on a Delta M rocket, flying from Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. The launch took place on July 23, 1970, with the spacecraft bound for a

Intelsat III F-8

Design

Launch

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