Launch · COSPAR 1996-070 · 18 Dec 1996

INMARSAT 3-F3

Name: Launch 1996-070 — INMARSAT 3-F3
Start: 1996-12-18
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-F3 Viasat / Inmarsat fleet	24674	1996-070A	Inactive	GEO	35,840 / 35,889 km	10.50°	on orbit	Viasat

Rocket body Rocket body · 1

Name	NORAD	COSPAR	Status	Orbit	Perigee / apogee	Incl.	Decayed	Operator
ATLAS 2A CENTAUR R/B	24675	1996-070B	Inactive	HEO	1,081 / 35,712 km	22.35°	on orbit	—

Record

Timeline

11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
DecommissionINMARSAT 3-F3 reported inactive
SATCAT status changed ? → B.

This launch is derived from catalogued objects sharing the international designator 1996-070; date and site come from SATCAT. See the methodology.