ArianespaceAriane 44LAriane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D
Launched
June 3, 1997
Image: ESA
Summary
INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D launched on an Arianespace Ariane 44L from Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on June 3, 1997. It was Arianespace's 95th launch, 4th this year and humanity's 4,147th orbital launch attempt. It was the 24th Ariane 44L flight and the 2nd this year. The payload was bound for Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO). INMARSAT III F-4, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 142 × 35,806 km orbit inclined 6.8°. 4 objects from this launch are catalogued, 2 of them payloads.
- Watch
- No webcast on record.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 44L · Arianespace
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
- Milestone
- 24th Ariane 44L flight · 2nd this yearArianespace's 95th launch4th this yearhumanity's 4,147th orbital launch attempt29th orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
INMARSAT III F-4 · NORAD 24819 · 1997-027 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 4 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- INMARSAT 3-F4
- Object ID
- 1997-027A
- Epoch
- 1997-06-03 18:48:46 UTC
- Mean motion
- 2.28555135 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.7324633
- Inclination
- 6.7677°
- Ascending node
- 60.4337°
- Arg. of perigee
- 174.5367°
- Mean anomaly
- 195.3664°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: Direct-GEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
4 catalogued: 2 payloads, 1 rocket stage, 1 component; 1 still in orbit
- INMARSAT III F-4 · NORAD 24819
- Insat 2D · NORAD 24820 · in orbit
Ariane H10-3 V97 · re-entered June 4, 1997
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
INMARSAT III F-4 and Insat 2D are communications satellites operating in geostationary orbit.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
70th launch from Ariane Launch Area 2, 4th this year · 105th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
119 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
48 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D launch?
INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D launched on June 3, 1997. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D?
No webcast is on record for this launch.
What rocket launched INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D?
Ariane 44L, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 44L spec sheet
Where did INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 2, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D reach?
INMARSAT III F-4, one of 4 catalogued objects, reached a 142 × 35,806 km orbit inclined 6.8°.
How many satellites did INMARSAT III F-4 & Insat 2D launch?
2 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 1 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).