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Atlas V 431 | INMARSAT 4 F1

INMARSAT 4 F1

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Launch Details

Date: 11 Mar 2005, 09:42 pm UTC

Rocket: Atlas V 431 (Atlas)

Provider: Lockheed Martin

Mission

Type: Communications

Orbit: Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit

Pad: Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral SFS, FL, USA

Mission Description

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.