Lockheed Martin
INMARSAT III F-3
Atlas IIA
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, December 18, 1996 · 01:57 UTC
Mission
/01Launched 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.
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Atlas IIA
Variant: IIA
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
28.471° N, 80.542° W
46
Pad Launches
523
Location Launches
22
Agency Launches
74
Orbital This Year