Inmarsat 201

 1990-093A

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The Matra/BAe Eurostar 1000 spacecraft built for Inmarsat as the first of the second generation Inmarsat system carried an L-band payload for mobile communications. BAe was lead contractor.

In 1996 it was replaced as the prime IOR satellite by Inmarsat III F1.

Inmarsat II F-1
Date	Time	Event	Orbit
1990 Oct 30	2316:00	Launch by Delta 6925	CC LC17
		T+0:56 SRM 1-3,7-9 out
		T+1:01 SRM 4-6 on
		T+1:02 SRM 1-3 sep
		T+1:03 SRM 7-9 sep
		T+1:57 SRM 4-6 off
		T+2:02 SRM 4-6 sep
		T+4:25 MECO
		T+4:31 VECO
		T+4:33 Stage 1 sep
	2320	Stage 2 TIG (T+4:38)
	2320	Fairing sep (T+4:50)
	2327	SECO-1 (T+11:37)	186 x 186? x 29.4?
	2335	Delta SES-2
	2336	Delta SECO-2	186? x 1170? x 25.0?
		spinup
	2337?	T+21 Delta sep
	2337?	TES
	2338?	TECO
	2340?	T+24:55 Stage 3 sep
1990 Oct 31	0001	T+45:05 Stage 3 sep	647.28 188 x 36629 x 23.6
	0002	despin weights
	0018	Stage 2 depletion	100.39 379 x 1174 x 24.8
1990 Nov 1	1300?	LAM-1	718.47 3922 x 36466 x 14.55
1990 Nov 2	1600?	LAM-2	1271.08 28510 x 36472 x 2.9
1990 Nov 4	1200?	LAM-3	1453.78 35681 x 36582 x 2.9 GEO 38.3W+46.8E
1990 Nov 9			1436.22 35704 x 36582 x 2.7 GEO 49.2E+4.3W
1990 Nov 16			1436.51 35661 x 35927 x 2.6 GEO 29.9E+0.1W
1990 Nov 24			1436.35 35658 x 35928 x 2.6 GEO 29.2E
1990 Nov		Move to IOR
1990 Nov		Due at IOR 64.5E
1991 Feb 19			1436.03 35701 x 35869 x 2.4 GEO 64.5E
1991 Mar 28			1436.06 35734 x 35837 x 2.3 GEO 64.5E
1993 Jun 20			1436.03 35726 x 35844 x 1.7 GEO 64.5E
1996 Apr 16			1436.04 35771 x 35799 x 1.8 GEO 64.5E
1996 Jul		IOR Spare	GEO 65E
1996 Sep 4			1435.97 35759 x 35808 x 1.9 GEO 65.2E
1996 Sep		Move to POR
1996 Nov 22			1436.18 35773 x 35803 x 1.9 GEO 179.0E
1997 Jan 7			1435.95 35770 x 35797 x 1.9 GEO 179.6E
1999 Jun 10			1436.02 35768 x 35801 x 1.8 GEO 179.1E
2002 Apr 5			1436.02 35772 x 35797 x 2.1 GEO 179.0E