Astrium-built Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite successfully deployed in orbit
Submit on Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 06:00
After its launch by Proton on 18 August 2008, the Astrium-built Inmarsat-4 F3 satellite took four apogee engine firings to reach geosynchronous orbit. Following full deployment of its 45-m solar array and 80-m^2 antenna reflector the spacecraft adopted its final Earth-pointing control mode.
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