Launch · COSPAR 1996-020 · 03 Apr 1996

INMARSAT 3-F1

Name: Launch 1996-020 — INMARSAT 3-F1
Start: 1996-04-03
Location: Cape Canaveral / Kennedy Space Center (Eastern Range), Florida

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

0% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 2

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
INMARSAT 3-F1 Viasat / Inmarsat fleet	23839	1996-020A	Inactive	GEO	35,834 / 35,891 km	10.78°	on orbit	Viasat

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B	23840	1996-020B	Inactive	HEO	1,026 / 35,535 km	21.63°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
DecommissionINMARSAT 3-F1 reported inactive
SATCAT status changed ? → B.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1996-020; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.