← Back to launches
Atlas V 431 | INMARSAT 4 F1
Lockheed MartinLaunch Successful

INMARSAT 4 F1

Atlas V 431

Open watch mode ↗

Historical mission record

This page records Atlas V 431 | INMARSAT 4 F1 and its reported outcome: Launch Successful. The date above is a historical record.

Source record updated . This is a source update, not a confirmed launch time.

Check the source: Launch Library ↗

How to read launch targets and status

Mission status
Launch Successful

Status reported by the mission data provider.

LAUNCH SITECape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

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.

Launch vehicle
Atlas V 431
Mission type
Communications
Destination orbit
Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
Launch pad
Space Launch Complex 41
Provider
Lockheed Martin

The vehicle

Published configuration and flight history.

Atlas V 431
Launch vehicle

Atlas V 431

Atlas V with 4m Fairing, 3 SRB, 1 Centaur upper stage engine.

Height
59.1 m
Diameter
3.8 m
Stages
2
Recorded launches
3
First flight
2005-03-11

Recorded timing

This is a mission record, not an upcoming calendar appointment.

Instantaneous windowPublished target
SCHEDULED MOMENT

A single scheduled moment. The schedule may change before launch.

Launch site & orbit

Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

The mission in perspective

Launch site & orbit

Explore the launch pad, then pull back to see the shape of the destination orbit.

Understand this orbit
NASA Blue Marble map of Earth's continents and oceans
Representative orbit · accelerated illustrationNo live tracking or simulated ascent. NASA Blue Marble.

Coverage & sources

Links supplied by the mission data provider.
Coverage and times may change.

Mission coverage

No viewing link has been published yet.

Further reading

Launch Library ↗

Explore on iPhone

Browse mission details and discover upcoming launches in Spacian.

Open mission in Spacian ↗
Download on the App Store