Intelsat III F-7

Overview

Intelsat III F-7

mission type	Communications
operator	Intelsat
cospar id	1970-032A
satcat	04376
mission duration	5 years (planned)
manufacturer	TRW Inc.
bol mass	151 kg
launch mass	647 kg
power	183 W
launch date	April 23, 1970, 00:46:12 UTC‡R1R‡
launch rocket	Thor Delta M 559/D78
launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-17A
orbit epoch	May 29, 2018‡R2R‡
orbit reference	Geocentric‡R2R‡
orbit regime	Geostationary‡R2R‡
orbit periapsis	35,760.4 km‡R2R‡
orbit apoapsis	35,789.9 km‡R2R‡
orbit inclination	4.9°‡R2R‡
orbit semimajor	42,146 km‡R2R‡
orbit period	1,435.1 minutes‡R2R‡
orbit longitude	124° W (current position)‡R2R‡
apsis	gee
programme	Intelsat III
previous mission	Intelsat III F-6
next mission	Intelsat III F-8

Intelsat III F-7 was an American communications satellite owned by Intelsat. The satellite had an estimated useful life of 5 years.

Design

The seventh of eight Intelsat III satellites to be launched, Intelsat III F-7 was built by TRW. It was a 647 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.

Launch

Intelsat III F-7 was launched by a Delta M rocket, flying from Launch Complex 17A at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

Intelsat III F-7

Design

Launch

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