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Inmarsat 2-F3
Inmarsat 2-F3 was launched on December 16, 1991 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Apr 15, 1999).
COSPAR 1991-084BNORAD 21814INMARSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INMARSAT II F-3
- Common name
- Inmarsat 2-F3
- International designator
- 1991-084B
- NORAD catalog number
- 21814
- GCAT identifier
- S21814
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Inmarsat 2
- Owner
- INMARSAT
- Country
- INMARSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- British Aerospace
- Platform (bus)
- Eurostar 1000
Launch
- Date
- December 16, 1991 · 23:19 UTC
- Launch record
- 1991-084Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/S
- Perigee
- 35,781 km
- Apogee
- 35,790 km
- Inclination
- 2.24°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- April 15, 1999
- Last known active
- July 2006
- End of operations
- Apr 28, 2006
Size
- Mass
- 1,310 kg
- Dry mass
- 624 kg
- Length
- 2.0 m
- Diameter
- 1.50 m
- Span
- 14.9 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327662 (CC0).