| Name of Satellite, Alternate Names | INMARSAT 3 F1 |
| Country of Operator/Owner | United Kingdom |
| Operator/Owner | INMARSAT, Ltd. |
| Users | Commercial |
| Purpose | Communications |
| Class of Orbit | GEO |
| Type of Orbit | |
| Longitude of GEO (degrees) | 64.56 |
| Perigee (km) | 35764 |
| Apogee (km) | 35808 |
| Eccentricity | 0.00052187114526995 |
| Inclination (degrees) | 0.08 |
| Period (minutes) | 1436.08 |
| Launch Mass (kg.) | 2064 |
| Dry Mass (kg.) | 860 |
| Power (watts) | |
| Date of Launch | 03-04-1996 |
| Expected Lifetime | 13 yrs. |
| Contractor | Lockheed Martin Commercial Space Systems |
| Country of Contractor | USA |
| Launch Site | Cape Canaveral |
| Launch Vehicle | Atlas 2A |
| COSPAR Number | 1996-020A |
| NORAD Number | 23839 |
| Comments | Broadcasting, business services, mobile communications; leased traffic; demand-assigned L-band transponders; Indian Ocean region. |