INMARSAT 3-F3
Launch
Launched on Dec 18, 1996 from Launch Complex 36A, United States of America aboard a Atlas IIA.
Atlas IIA | INMARSAT III F-3 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 19:56 UTC
Orbit class
IGSO — Inclined Geosynchronous (BeiDou / QZSS, figure-8 ground track)
Operator
Inmarsat
Country
Inmarsat
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 18, 1996
Mass
—
Apogee
35,908 km
Perigee
35,845 km
Inclination
10.59°
Period
1.00 d
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for INMARSAT 3-F3 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Decaying
Change
-1.3 km
Rate
-0.01 km/day
Now
35845 × 35908 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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