Launch · COSPAR 1996-053 · 06 Sept 1996

INMARSAT 3-F2

Name: Launch 1996-053 — INMARSAT 3-F2
Start: 1996-09-06
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)

Payloads

Catalogued objects

payloads + rocket bodies + debris

Still on orbit

Decayed

50% of objects

Owners (SATCAT owner codes)

Catalogue

Objects from this launch · 4

Payload Payload · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
INMARSAT 3-F2 Viasat / Inmarsat fleet	24307	1996-053A	Inactive	GEO	35,845 / 35,894 km	10.05°	on orbit	Viasat

Rocket body Rocket body · 2

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-12 R/B(1)	24308	1996-053B	Decayed	LEO	125 / 134 km	51.59°	16 Sept 1996	—
SL-12 R/B(2)	25339	1996-053D	Inactive	GEO	36,182 / 36,633 km	15.19°	on orbit	—

Debris Debris · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
SL-12 PLAT	24309	1996-053C	Decayed	LEO	166 / 171 km	51.59°	09 Sept 1996	—

Record

Timeline

11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
DecommissionINMARSAT 3-F2 reported inactive
SATCAT status changed ? → B.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1996-053; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.