Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	28557
COSPAR ID	1979-104W
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	19.819°
Eccentricity	0.73918
RA ascending node	2.329 hr
Argument perigee	172.149°
Mean anomaly	357.546°
Orbital period	729.009 min
Epoch of osculation	23 Feb 2026, 08:40

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	627.1 km
Mean Altitude	20460.7 km
Peak Altitude	40294.3 km

Launched alongside

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