NEXT SPACEFLIGHT

Status

Success

Inmarsat 3-F3

Launch Time
Wed Dec 18, 1996 01:57 UTC

Rocket

Atlas IIA
Image Credit: USAF or NASA
ILS
Status: Retired
Liftoff Thrust: 2,479 kN
Payload to LEO: 7,316 kg
Payload to GTO: 3,180 kg
Stages: 2
Strap-ons: 0
Rocket Height: 47.5 m

Mission Details

Inmarsat 3-F3

Launched in 1996-8, the Inmarsat-3s were built by Lockheed Martin Astro Space (now Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space) of the USA, responsible for the basic spacecraft, and the European Matra Marconi Space (now Astrium), which developed the communications payload.

Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 2,068.0 kg
Geostationary Transfer Orbit

Location

SLC-36B, Cape Canaveral SFS, Florida, USA

Stats

1996

74th orbital launch attempt

Atlas II

26th mission
6th mission of 1996
26th successful mission