Inmarsat-2 (I-2) [Matra Marconi]
Launched in the early 1990s, the four second-generation satellites were built to Inmarsat specification by an international group headed by British Aerospace (now BAE Systems).
The three-axis-stabilized Inmarsat-2s were designed for a 10-year life. Inmarsat-2 F1 was launched in 1990 and is now located over the Pacific, providing lease capacity. F2, launched in 1991, is over the western Atlantic, providing leased capacity and backing up Inmarsat I-3 F4. Also orbited in 1991, F3 is stationed over the Pacific Ocean, providing lease capacity and backing up Inmarsat I-3 F3. The fourth Inmarsat-2 was launched in 1992 and is used to provide leased capacity over the Indian Ocean and backing up Inmarsat I-3 F1 and Inmarsat I-3 F3.
|Type / Application:||Communication|
|Equipment:||4 (+2) L-band transponders, 1 (+1) C-band transponders|
|Power:||2 deployable solar arrays, batteries|
|Inmarsat-2 F1 (Inmarsat I-2 F1)||1990-093A||30.10.1990||CC LC-17B||Delta-6925|
|Inmarsat-2 F2 (Inmarsat I-2 F2)||1991-018A||08.03.1991||CC LC-17B||Delta-6925|
|Inmarsat-2 F3 (Inmarsat I-2 F3)||1991-084B||16.12.1991||Ko ELA-2||Ariane-44L H10||with Telecom 2A|
|Inmarsat-2 F4 (Inmarsat I-2 F4)||1992-021B||15.04.1992||Ko ELA-2||Ariane-44L H10+||with Telecom 2B|