KhSC Proton K/DM-2 INMARSAT III F-2
Proton K/DM-2
Status
Success
Date
6 SEP 1996
17:37
Launch Provider
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
Launch Pad
81/23 (81L)
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Mission Overview
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.
Rocket
Proton K/DM-2
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit
Livestream
Not available