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	7.396°
Eccentricity	0.71893
RA ascending node	23.453 hr
Argument perigee	279.565°
Mean anomaly	12.570°
Orbital period	636.007 min
Epoch of osculation	25 Mar 2026, 01:34

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	514.6 km
Mean Altitude	18127.2 km
Peak Altitude	35739.8 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