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 10.605°
Eccentricity 0.65464
RA ascending node 1.560 hr
Argument perigee 197.541°
Mean anomaly 119.787°
Orbital period 439.587 min
Epoch of osculation 15 May 2025, 02:18

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 242.9 km
Mean Altitude 12779.9 km
Peak Altitude 25317.0 km

Orbital History

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Launched alongside

MARECS-A ARIANE 1 R/B

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41.14°N
73.26°W
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