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Thor Delta E1 | INTELSAT II F-4

INTELSAT II F-4

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Launch Details

Date: 28 Sept 1967, 12:45 am UTC

Rocket: Thor Delta E1 (Thor)

Provider: United States Air Force

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geosynchronous Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 17B, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

The Intelsat II series of satellites, first launched in 1966, marked the third generation of communications satellites developed by Hughes.