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Inmarsat 3-F2
Inmarsat 3-F2 was launched on September 6, 1996 aboard a Proton-K/DM-2 from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Apr 15, 1999).
COSPAR 1996-053ANORAD 24307INMARSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INMARSAT III F-2
- Common name
- Inmarsat 3-F2
- International designator
- 1996-053A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24307
- GCAT identifier
- S24307
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
- September 6, 1996 · 17:37 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-053Success
- Rocket
- Proton-K/DM-2
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC81/23
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 36,039 km
- Apogee
- 36,053 km
- Inclination
- 2.67°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- April 15, 1999
- Last known active
- June 2020
- End of operations
- February 2019
Size
- Mass
- 1,130 kg
- Dry mass
- 900 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 Q18327659 (CC0).