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.

Mission type: Communications · Orbit: Geostationary Orbit

Rocket: Proton · Provider: Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center