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Inmarsat 3-F5
Inmarsat 3-F5 was launched on February 4, 1998 aboard a Ariane 44LP from Kourou. Latest status in GCAT: renamed (Apr 15, 1999).
COSPAR 1998-006BNORAD 25153INMARSAT (intergovernmental)
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- INMARSAT III F-5
- Common name
- Inmarsat 3-F5
- International designator
- 1998-006B
- NORAD catalog number
- 25153
- GCAT identifier
- S25153
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/1118
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Inmarsat 3
- Owner
- INMARSAT
- Country
- INMARSAT (intergovernmental)
- Builder
- Lockheed Martin/East Windsor
- Platform (bus)
- AS4000
Launch
- Date
- February 4, 1998 · 23:29 UTC
- Launch record
- 1998-006Success
- Rocket
- Ariane 44LP
- Spaceport
- Kourou · pad ELA2
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- GEO/D
- Perigee
- 35,783 km
- Apogee
- 35,820 km
- Inclination
- 2.89°
- Status
- Renamed
- Status date
- April 15, 1999
- Last known active
- Feb 5, 2023
Size
- Mass
- 964 kg
- Dry mass
- 827 kg
- Total mass with attached objects
- 2,000 kg
- Length
- 7.6 m
- Diameter
- 2.10 m
- Span
- 20.7 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q18327657 (CC0).