INMARSAT 3-F2
Launch
Launched on Sep 6, 1996 from 81/23 (81L), Kazakhstan aboard a Proton K/DM-2.
Proton | INMARSAT III F-2 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 13:35 UTC
Orbit class
IGSO — Inclined Geosynchronous (BeiDou / QZSS, figure-8 ground track)
Operator
Inmarsat
Country
Inmarsat
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Sep 6, 1996
Mass
—
Apogee
35,896 km
Perigee
35,848 km
Inclination
10.14°
Period
1.00 d
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for INMARSAT 3-F2 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+2.6 km
Rate
+0.02 km/day
Now
35849 × 35897 km
Apogee Perigee
Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.
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