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	17.715°
Eccentricity	0.52056
RA ascending node	0.933 hr
Argument perigee	139.543°
Mean anomaly	277.164°
Orbital period	298.712 min
Epoch of osculation	11 Dec 2025, 12:01

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	725.7 km
Mean Altitude	8431.3 km
Peak Altitude	16136.8 km

Launched alongside

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