Spacecraft information: 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 10.427°
Eccentricity 0.65065
RA ascending node 15.607 hr
Argument perigee 129.227°
Mean anomaly 309.099°
Orbital period 437.800 min
Epoch of osculation 05 Jan 2026, 00:46

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 301.2 km
Mean Altitude 12728.0 km
Peak Altitude 25154.8 km

Launched alongside

MARECS-A ARIANE 1 R/B

Orbital History

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South El Monte

Latitude:
Longitude:
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34.05°N
118.05°W
PST

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