Inmarsat

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Inmarsat

Program: Inmarsat. Objective: Communications. Overview: Mobile communications satellite network. Major Events: .

30 October 1990 Inmarsat 2 F1 Spacecraft: Eurostar 1000. Mass: 1,385 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 6925. More details
Mobile communications; 64.5 deg E.
08 March 1991 Inmarsat 2 F2 Spacecraft: Eurostar 1000. Mass: 1,385 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Delta 6925. More details
Mobile and maritime communications; 15.5 deg W.
16 December 1991 Inmarsat 2 F3 Spacecraft: Eurostar 1000. Mass: 1,310 kg. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L. More details
Global maritime and mobile communications; 178 deg E.
15 April 1992 Inmarsat 2 F4 Spacecraft: Eurostar 1000. Mass: 1,385 kg. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L. More details
Stationed at 55 deg W.
03 April 1996 Inmarsat 3 F1 Spacecraft: AS 4000. Mass: 2,068 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIA. More details
Geostationary at 64.1E. Launch vehicle put payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit with RAAN Cntl trajectory option.
06 September 1996 Inmarsat 3 F2 Spacecraft: AS 4000. Mass: 1,021 kg. Launch Site: Baikonur . Launch Vehicle: Proton 8K82K / DM1. More details
Geostationary at 15.5W.
18 December 1996 Inmarsat 3 F3 Spacecraft: AS 4000. Mass: 1,021 kg. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Vehicle: Atlas IIA. More details
Geostationary at 157.6E. Launch vehicle put payload into geosynchronous transfer orbit with RAAN Cntl trajectory option.
03 June 1997 Inmarsat 3 F4 Spacecraft: AS 4000. Mass: 1,021 kg. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44L . More details
Geosynchronous. Stationed over 54.0W
04 February 1998 Inmarsat 3 F5 Spacecraft: AS 4000. Mass: 1,021 kg. Launch Site: Kourou . Launch Vehicle: Ariane 44LP . More details
Geostationary at 25.0 degrees E.

Last update 12 March 2001.
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