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Lockheed MartinAtlas V 431Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
INMARSAT 4 F1
Launched
March 11, 2005
Summary
INMARSAT 4 F1 launched on a Lockheed Martin Atlas V 431 from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA on March 11, 2005. It was Lockheed Martin's 78th launch, 2nd this year and humanity's 4,703rd orbital launch attempt. It was the 1st Atlas V 431 flight. The payload was bound for Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO). The tracked orbit of INMARSAT 4 F1, one of 2 catalogued objects, from March 15, 2005, was 9,624 × 89,986 km inclined 10.6°. 2 objects from this launch are catalogued, one of them a payload.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Atlas V 431 · Lockheed Martin
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GSTO)
- Milestone
- 1st Atlas V 431 flightLockheed Martin's 78th launch2nd this yearhumanity's 4,703rd orbital launch attempt9th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INMARSAT 4 F1 · NORAD 28628 · 2005-009 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 2 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2005-009A
- Epoch
- 2005-03-15 04:15:24 UTC
- Mean motion
- 0.65204658 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.715269
- Inclination
- 10.6453°
- Ascending node
- 311.1223°
- Arg. of perigee
- 186.4599°
- Mean anomaly
- 151.7721°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0.0001
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: GSTO.
Catalogued objects
2 catalogued: 1 payload, 1 rocket stage; 1 still in orbit
- INMARSAT 4 F1 · NORAD 28628 · in orbit
Centaur AV-004 · re-entered July 1, 2014
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
32nd launch from Space Launch Complex 41, 1st this year · 634th from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
125 launches from this pad · 1,131 from Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
84 days after the previous launch from this pad
Questions
When did INMARSAT 4 F1 launch?
INMARSAT 4 F1 launched on March 11, 2005. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INMARSAT 4 F1?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INMARSAT 4 F1?
Atlas V 431, flown by Lockheed Martin. Atlas V 431 spec sheet
Where did INMARSAT 4 F1 launch from?
Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA.
What orbit did INMARSAT 4 F1 reach?
The tracked orbit of INMARSAT 4 F1, one of 2 catalogued objects, from March 15, 2005, was 9,624 × 89,986 km inclined 10.6°.
How many satellites did INMARSAT 4 F1 launch?
1 payload from this launch is catalogued, still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).