Spacecraft information: CAT 3

Launch Details
Launched 18 June 1981
Flight ended –
Status Non-operational
Launch site Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner European Space Agency
NORAD ID 12546
COSPAR ID 1981-057C
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 10.096°
Eccentricity 0.57186
RA ascending node 13.606 hr
Argument perigee 78.506°
Mean anomaly 337.458°
Orbital period 319.391 min
Epoch of osculation 26 May 2026, 02:24

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 255.6 km
Mean Altitude 9106.8 km
Peak Altitude 17957.9 km

Launched alongside

METEOSAT-2 APPLE ARIANE 1 R/B ARIANE 1 DEB METEOSAT-2 AKM ARIANE 1 DEB

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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