Jun 23 1990
From The Space Library
Martin Marietta Corporation successfully launched a Titan 3 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida, on this date that carried a replacement satellite into orbit for the INTELSAT 6 stranded in March. The new communications satellite was to join 14 others in September and would transmit 3 television channels and 120,000 telephone calls simultaneously. (P Inq, Jun 24/90; W Post, Jun 24/90)
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