Inmarsat-3 F1

Communications satellite. Inmarsat-3 F1 was launched on April 3, 1996 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Apr 15, 1999).

COSPAR 1996-020ANORAD 23839INMARSAT (intergovernmental)

Identity

Name in GCAT: INMARSAT III F-1
Common name: Inmarsat-3 F1
International designator: 1996-020A
NORAD catalog number: 23839
GCAT identifier: S23839

Mission

Mission type: Communications
Use: Civil government
Program: Inmarsat 3
Owner: INMARSAT
Country: INMARSAT (intergovernmental)
Builder: Lockheed Martin Telecommunications/East Windsor
Platform (bus): AS4000

Launch

Date: April 3, 1996 · 23:01 UTC
Launch record: 1996-020Success
Rocket: Atlas IIA
Spaceport: Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A

Orbit and fate

Orbit class (GCAT): GEO/D
Perigee: 35,546 km
Apogee: 35,573 km
Inclination: 2.64°
Status: Renamed
Status date: April 15, 1999
Last known active: June 2020
End of operations: February 2020

Size

Mass: 1,032 kg
Dry mass: 792 kg
Total mass with attached objects: 2,068 kg
Length: 7.6 m
Diameter: 2.10 m
Span: 20.7 m

Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327660 (CC0).