LAUNCH CENTER

Launch Image
Success
Fri Mar 11 2005
Lockheed Martin

INMARSAT 4 F1

Launch Successful
LAUNCH PREVIEW

Launch Time

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(9:42 PM UTC)

Launch Window Start

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(9:42 PM UTC)

Launch Window End

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(9:42 PM UTC)

RECOVERY OVERVIEW

Location

No Recovery Specified

Type

No Recovery Specified

Rocket Details

Name:

Atlas V 431

Description:

Atlas V with 4m Fairing, 3 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.

Atlas V 431 rocket
MISSION OVERVIEW
  • Type: Communications
  • 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW

Location

Cape Canaveral, FL, USA

Pad

Space Launch Complex 41