Status
Failure
Intelsat 603
Launch Time
Wed Mar 14, 1990 11:52 UTC
Wed Mar 14, 1990 11:52 UTC
Second stage failed to separate from kick motor, upper stage jettison successfully commanded to save payload.
Rocket
Mission Details
Intelsat 603
Intelsat 603 or IS-603, previously named Intelsat VI F-3, is a communications satellite operated by Intelsat. Following the launch failure, Intelsat commissioned NASA to launch a replacement perigee motor to raise the satellite's orbit. During its maiden flight, STS-49, in 1992 Space Shuttle Endeavour rendezvoused with and captured Intelsat 603, and astronauts attached a new Orbus-21S to the satellite.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 4,215.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit
Location
SLC-40, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA
Stats
1990
22nd orbital launch attempt
Titan III
154th mission
2nd mission of 1990
13th failed mission