Communications
INMARSAT 3-F4
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
INMARSAT 3-F4 is a Isle of Man communications satellite, launched on June 3, 1997 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- June 3, 1997 at 11:20 PM UTC
- Launch site
- Guiana Space Centre, Kourou
- Launched by
- Ariane 44L →
- Operator
- Arianespace
- Mission
- INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 36,051 km
- Periapsis
- 35,961 km
- Inclination
- 11.52°
- Orbital period
- 1447.32 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Isle of Man
- Launch mass
- 1,138.75 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 1997-027A
- NORAD catalog №
- 24819
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- Isle of Man
- Radar cross-section
- 28.8195 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational