- Home
- Spacecraft
- Inmarsat-3 F4
Inmarsat-3 F4
Communications satellite. Inmarsat-3 F4 was launched on June 3, 1997 aboard a Ariane 44L from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Apr 15, 1999).
COSPAR 1997-027ANORAD 24819INMARSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INMARSAT III F-4
- Common name
- Inmarsat-3 F4
- International designator
- 1997-027A
- NORAD catalog number
- 24819
- GCAT identifier
- S24819
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
- June 3, 1997 · 23:20 UTC
- Launch record
- 1997-027Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44L
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 36,026 km
- Apogee
- 36,028 km
- Inclination
- 0.26°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- April 15, 1999
- Last known active
- May 2016
- End of operations
- May 9, 2016
Size
- Mass
- 1,068 kg
- Dry mass
- 813 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 1,999 kg
- Length
- 7.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.30 m
- Span
- 20.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q16064246 (CC0).