Communications
INMARSAT 6-F2
NonoperationalCommunicationsGEO
INMARSAT 6-F2 is a INMARSAT, Ltd. communications satellite, launched on February 18, 2023 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- February 18, 2023 at 03:59 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Cape Canaveral SFS, USA
- Launched by
- Falcon 9 Block 5 →
- Operator
- SpaceX
- Mission
- Inmarsat-6 F2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 48,506 km
- Periapsis
- 22,689 km
- Inclination
- 5.52°
- Orbital period
- 1426.43 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- INMARSAT, Ltd.
- Manufacturer
- Airbus Defence and Space
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,470 kg
- Dry mass
- 4,000 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2023-022A
- NORAD catalog №
- 55683
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
- Isle of Man
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
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