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 10.389°
Eccentricity 0.65258
RA ascending node 11.123 hr
Argument perigee 259.783°
Mean anomaly 25.987°
Orbital period 437.029 min
Epoch of osculation 19 Apr 2026, 07:17

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 256.6 km
Mean Altitude 12705.6 km
Peak Altitude 25154.6 km

Launched alongside

MARECS-A ARIANE 1 R/B

Orbital History

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42.38°N
71.11°W
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