1996 · Lockheed Martin
INMARSAT III F-3
successAtlas IIA | INMARSAT III F-3
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.
Overview
- Date / time
- December 18, 1996 at 01:57 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 36A
- Mission
- INMARSAT III F-3
- Mission type
- Communications
- Orbit achieved
- Geostationary Orbit