Lockheed Martin
INMARSAT III F-1
Atlas IIA
SUCCESS
Success
Wednesday, April 3, 1996 · 23:01 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
44
Pad Launches
511
Location Launches
18
Agency Launches
21
Orbital This Year