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 10.673°
Eccentricity 0.65379
RA ascending node 23.283 hr
Argument perigee 264.795°
Mean anomaly 23.293°
Orbital period 438.897 min
Epoch of osculation 08 Jul 2025, 07:18

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 252.4 km
Mean Altitude 12759.9 km
Peak Altitude 25267.4 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

MARECS-A ARIANE 1 R/B

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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