LAUNCH CENTER
Success
Fri Sep 06 1996
Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center
INMARSAT III F-2
Launch Successful
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RECOVERY OVERVIEW
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Rocket Details
Name:
Proton K/DM-2Description:
MISSION OVERVIEW
- Type: Communications
- 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.
COMPLEX OVERVIEW
Location
Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
Pad
81/23 (81L)