Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
Orbits are real (live SGP4) — press play to sweep the deployed group forward along their planes. Ascent path is a representation; true ascent telemetry isn’t public.
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
GSTO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
United States of America
Date
Fri, 11 Mar 2005 21:42:00 GMT
Orbital launch #
#4703 ever
Mission
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.
Deployed payloads · 1