CAT 4

Launch Details
Launched 19 December 1981
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner European Space Agency
NORAD ID 13011
COSPAR ID 1981-122B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 10.665°
Eccentricity 0.65398
RA ascending node 23.755 hr
Argument perigee 250.848°
Mean anomaly 31.459°
Orbital period 439.005 min
Epoch of osculation 27 Jun 2025, 00:47

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 249.8 km
Mean Altitude 12763.0 km
Peak Altitude 25276.2 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

MARECS-A ARIANE 1 R/B

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
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