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Inmarsat 3-F3
Inmarsat 3-F3 was launched on December 18, 1996 aboard a Atlas IIA from Cape Canaveral & Kennedy. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Apr 15, 1999).
COSPAR 1996-070ANORAD 24674INMARSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INMARSAT III F-3
- Common name
- Inmarsat 3-F3
- International designator
- 1996-070A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24674
- GCAT identifier
- S24674
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
- December 18, 1996 · 01:57 UTC
- Launch record
- 1996-070Success
- Rocket
- Atlas IIA
- Spaceport
- Cape Canaveral & Kennedy · pad LC36A
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,457 km
- Apogee
- 35,694 km
- Inclination
- 2.61°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- April 15, 1999
- Last known active
- March 2021
Size
- Mass
- 1,035 kg
- Dry mass
- 792 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 2,071 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 Q18327658 (CC0).