page_title: Intelsat III F-1
section_title: Design
hierarchical_section_title: Intelsat III F-1 / Design
context_page_description: Intelsat III F-1 was a communications satellite intended to be operated by Intelsat. Launched towards geostationary orbit in 1968 it failed to achieve orbit.
context_section_description: The first of eight Intelsat III satellites to be launched, Intelsat III F-1 was built by TRW. It was a 293-kilogram (646 lb) spacecraft equipped with two transponders 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..
caption: Launch of Intelsat III F-1.
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