Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	25767
COSPAR ID	1979-104J
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	17.834°
Eccentricity	0.24549
RA ascending node	18.520 hr
Argument perigee	261.003°
Mean anomaly	70.710°
Orbital period	138.493 min
Epoch of osculation	20 Jan 2026, 07:03

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	319.2 km
Mean Altitude	2496.0 km
Peak Altitude	4672.8 km

Launched alongside

CAT 1 ARIANE 1 R/B ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB