launched fromUSA

Intelsat I

Name: Intelsat I
Start: 1965-04-06T23:45:00Z
Location: Canaveral

Success

APR 06196523:45:00 UTC

Performed first transcontinental satellite TV broadcast.

LIFTOFF

APR 06 1965

23:45:00 UTC

Success

launched from LC-17A Canaveral

aboard Delta D Delta 30 into GTO

Payload