Lockheed Martin

INMARSAT III F-3

Atlas IIA

SUCCESS
Success

Wednesday, December 18, 1996 · 01:57 UTC

Mission

/01

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.

Mission Type

Communications

Orbit

Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch Successful

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Atlas IIA

Variant: IIA

Launch Pad

Launch Complex 36A

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

28.471° N, 80.542° W

46

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523

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22

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74

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