Launch Details

Launched	16 July 1991
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	21578
COSPAR ID	1991-050E
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	98.106°
Eccentricity	0.00038
RA ascending node	8.674 hr
Argument perigee	87.816°
Mean anomaly	335.937°
Orbital period	98.699 min
Epoch of osculation	20 Mar 2026, 09:14

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	700.9 km
Mean Altitude	703.6 km
Peak Altitude	706.3 km

Launched alongside

ERS-1 UOSAT 5 ORBCOMM-X TUBSAT A ARIANE 40 R/B ARIANE 40 DEB SARA DEB SARA DEB SARA DEB SARA DEB ERS 1 DEB ERS 1 DEB ERS 1 DEB ERS 1 DEB ERS 1 DEB ERS 1 DEB ERS 1 DEB ERS 1 DEB