Launch Overview
Vehicle
Atlas V 431
Agency
Lockheed Martin
Site / Pad
CC / SLC41
Outcome
Success
Flight
AV-004
COSPAR Designator
2005-009
Mission
INMARSAT 4 F1 (Communications)
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.
Vehicle & Provider
Rocket
Atlas V 431
Provider
Lockheed Martin
Agency launches
78 (2 YTD)
Site launches
634 (3 YTD)
Pad launches
32 (1 YTD)