Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	28556
COSPAR ID	1979-104V
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	15.819°
Eccentricity	0.73223
RA ascending node	18.020 hr
Argument perigee	20.992°
Mean anomaly	2.591°
Orbital period	735.784 min
Epoch of osculation	06 Apr 2026, 19:57

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	858.2 km
Mean Altitude	20626.7 km
Peak Altitude	40395.2 km

Launched alongside

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