Atlas IIA | INMARSAT III F-3
Launch Complex 36A
Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA
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Lockheed Martin
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
INMARSAT III F-3
Launched in 1996-8, the Inmarsat-3s were built by Lockheed Martin Astro Space (now Lockheed Martin Missiles & Space) of the USA, responsible for the basic spacecraft, and the European Matra Marconi Space (now Astrium), which developed the communications payload.
Atlas IIA
Height 47.54 Meters
Max Stages 3
Mass To GTO 2810 kg
Liftoff Thrust 2479 kN
Diameter 3.04 Meters
Mass To LEO 6580 kg
Liftoff Mass 204 Tonnes
Launch Success 23
Consecutive Success 23
Maiden Flight 1992-06-10
Launch Failures 0
