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	17.637°
Eccentricity	0.51956
RA ascending node	13.312 hr
Argument perigee	102.854°
Mean anomaly	338.015°
Orbital period	298.880 min
Epoch of osculation	15 Jun 2026, 11:03

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	743.3 km
Mean Altitude	8436.8 km
Peak Altitude	16130.4 km

Launched alongside

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