Launch Details

Launched	7 August 1989
Flight ended	–
Status	Non-operational
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	European Space Agency
NORAD ID	20169
COSPAR ID	1989-062B
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	7.232°
Eccentricity	0.71938
RA ascending node	21.867 hr
Argument perigee	328.332°
Mean anomaly	3.537°
Orbital period	636.004 min
Epoch of osculation	31 May 2026, 04:31

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	503.8 km
Mean Altitude	18127.2 km
Peak Altitude	35750.6 km

Launched alongside

TVSAT 2 ARIANE 44LP R/B ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB ARIANE 44LP DEB