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Syncom 3
Launch SuccessfulLaunch Details
Date: 19 Aug 1964, 12:15 pm UTC
Rocket: Thor Delta D (Thor)
Provider: United States Air Force
Mission
Type: Communications
Orbit: Geosynchronous Orbit
Pad: Space Launch Complex 17A, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
Mission Description
Syncom 3 was the first geostationary satellite.