Intelsat III F-7 was an American
communications satellite
A communications satellite is an artificial satellite that relays and amplifies radio telecommunication signals via a Transponder (satellite communications), transponder; it creates a communication channel between a source transmitter and a Rad ...
owned by
Intelsat
Intelsat S.A. (formerly Intel-Sat, Intelsat) is a Luxembourgish-American multinational satellite services provider with corporate headquarters in Luxembourg and administrative headquarters in Tysons, Virginia, United States. Originally formed ...
. 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 spacecraft equipped with two
transponder
In telecommunications, a transponder is a device that, upon receiving a signal, emits a different signal in response. The term is a blend of ''transmitter'' and ''responder''.
In air navigation or radio frequency identification, a flight trans ...
s to be powered by body-mounted solar cells generating 183 watts of power.
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
Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS) is an installation of the United States Space Force's Space Launch Delta 45, located on Cape Canaveral in Brevard County, Florida.
Headquartered at the nearby Patrick Space Force Base, the sta ...
.
See also
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1970 in spaceflight
Japan and China each launched their first satellites in 1970, bringing the total number of nations with independent launch capability to five.
Apollo 13 was launched; after suffering an explosion in deep space it had to circumnavigate the mo ...
References
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