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INMARSAT 3-F2

Backup / standbyCommunicationsGEO

INMARSAT 3-F2 is a Isle of Man communications satellite, launched on September 6, 1996 into GEO.

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Launch

Launch date
September 6, 1996 at 05:37 PM UTC
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Launched by
Proton K/DM-2 →
Operator
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Mission
INMARSAT III F-2
Launch record
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Orbit

Orbit regime
GEO
Apoapsis
35,890 km
Periapsis
35,833 km
Inclination
9.85°
Orbital period
1439.94 min

Spacecraft

Operator
Isle of Man
Launch mass
1,298.32 kg

Identity

COSPAR (Int'l)
1996-053A
NORAD catalog №
24307
Object type
Payload
Owner / operator
Isle of Man
Radar cross-section
830.0351 m²
Status
Backup / standby