Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	25768
COSPAR ID	1979-104K
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	17.666°
Eccentricity	0.51981
RA ascending node	16.684 hr
Argument perigee	9.261°
Mean anomaly	9.364°
Orbital period	298.845 min
Epoch of osculation	22 Apr 2026, 17:24

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	739.0 km
Mean Altitude	8435.7 km
Peak Altitude	16132.3 km

Launched alongside

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