MISSION NAME
INMARSAT 4 F1 1
Status
Success
DATE
11 MAR 2005
LAUNCH PROVIDER
Lockheed Martin
Launch Pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Description
Heaviest single payload to geosynchronous transfer orbit to that date. The satellite was to provide L-band mobile communications and wideband data transmission for Inmarsat's global network.
Atlas V 431
Rocket Description
Atlas V with 4m Fairing, 3 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.