Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	4 March 2018
Status	Decayed
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	24754
COSPAR ID	1979-104C
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	17.573°
Eccentricity	0.03668
RA ascending node	0.484 hr
Argument perigee	78.665°
Mean anomaly	285.470°
Orbital period	93.510 min
Epoch of osculation	28 Feb 2018, 02:36

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	203.1 km
Mean Altitude	453.4 km
Peak Altitude	703.7 km

Launched alongside

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