Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	25098
COSPAR ID	1979-104D
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	17.548°
Eccentricity	0.53400
RA ascending node	5.240 hr
Argument perigee	96.983°
Mean anomaly	323.632°
Orbital period	300.488 min
Epoch of osculation	01 Feb 2026, 10:33

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	554.1 km
Mean Altitude	8489.9 km
Peak Altitude	16425.7 km

Launched alongside

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