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

Intelsat III F-7
Spacecraft properties

Mission type	Communications
Operator	Intelsat
COSPAR ID	1970-032A
SATCAT no.	04376
Mission duration	5 years (planned)


Manufacturer	TRW Inc.
Launch mass	647 kilograms (1,426 lb)
BOL mass	151 kilograms (333 lb)
Power	183 W


Start of mission
Launch date	April 23, 1970, 00:46:12 (1970-04-23UTC00:46:12Z) UTC[1]
Rocket	Thor Delta M 559/D78
Launch site	Cape Canaveral LC-17A


Orbital parameters
Reference system	Geocentric[2]
Regime	Geostationary[2]
Longitude	124° W (current position)[2]
Semi-major axis	42,146 kilometers (26,188 mi)[2]
Perigee altitude	35,760.4 kilometers (22,220.5 mi)[2]
Apogee altitude	35,789.9 kilometers (22,238.8 mi)[2]
Inclination	4.9°[2]
Period	1,435.1 minutes[2]
Epoch	May 29, 2018[2]

Intelsat III ← Intelsat III F-6 Intelsat III F-8 →

Design

The seventh of eight Intelsat III satellites to be launched, Intelsat III F-7 was built by TRW. It was a 647-kilogram (1,426 lb) 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.

References

McDowell, Jonathan. "Launch Log". Jonathan's Space Page. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
Real Time Satellite Tracking, N2YO.com. "INTELSAT 3 F-7". Retrieved May 29, 2018.
Wade, Mark. "Intelsat 3". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on February 23, 2002. Retrieved May 29, 2018.

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v t e Intelsat Corporation
COMSAT Intelsat Americas PanAmSat ITSO STS-49 List of Intelsat satellites
Intelsat I, II, III	Intelsat I Intelsat II F-1 II F-2 II F-3 II F-4 Intelsat III F-1 III F-2 III F-3 III F-4 III F-5 III F-6 III F-7 III F-8
Intelsat IV	Intelsat IV F-1 IV F-2 IV F-3 IV F-4 IV F-5 IV F-6 IV F-7 IV F-8 IVA F-1 IVA F-2 IVA F-3 IVA F-4 IVA F-5 IVA F-6
Intelsat V	Intelsat V F-1 V F-2 V F-3 V F-4 V F-5 V F-6 V F-7 V F-8 V F-9† VA F-10 VA F-11 VA F-12 VA F-13 VA F-14 VA F-15
Intelsat VI	Intelsat 601 602 603 604 605
Intelsat 7-10	Intelsat 701 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 801 802 803 804 805 806 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 10-02
ex-PanAmSat	Intelsat 1R 2 3R 4 5 6B 7 8 9 10 11 12
Recent Intelsat	Intelsat 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 (New Dawn) 29e 30 31 32e 33e 34 35e 36 37e 38 39
Galaxy (Intelsat Americas)	Galaxy 3C 4R 5 9 10R 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 23 25 26 27 28 30 31 32 33 34 35 36
Other	APR-1 APR-2 Horizons-1 Horizons-2 Horizons-3e Intelsat K Marisat-F2 SBS 6

← 1969 · Orbital launches in 1970 · 1971 →

Payloads are separated by bullets ( · ), launches by pipes ( | ). Crewed flights are indicated in underline. Uncatalogued launch failures are listed in italics. Payloads deployed from other spacecraft are denoted in (brackets).

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Design

Launch

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References