Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	27732
COSPAR ID	1979-104S
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	16.577°
Eccentricity	0.73104
RA ascending node	1.729 hr
Argument perigee	147.889°
Mean anomaly	292.429°
Orbital period	745.608 min
Epoch of osculation	24 Mar 2026, 10:45

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	954.7 km
Mean Altitude	20866.5 km
Peak Altitude	40778.3 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