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	17.746°
Eccentricity	0.51998
RA ascending node	20.694 hr
Argument perigee	257.539°
Mean anomaly	309.991°
Orbital period	298.786 min
Epoch of osculation	17 Feb 2026, 08:41

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	735.6 km
Mean Altitude	8433.7 km
Peak Altitude	16131.9 km

Launched alongside

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