Launch Details

Launched	6 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	29002
COSPAR ID	1979-101E
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	8.507°
Eccentricity	0.47890
RA ascending node	6.868 hr
Argument perigee	66.304°
Mean anomaly	39.409°
Orbital period	791.798 min
Epoch of osculation	25 Mar 2026, 06:19

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8402.8 km
Mean Altitude	21980.1 km
Peak Altitude	35557.4 km

Launched alongside

SATCOM 3 DELTA 1 R/B(1) DELTA 1 R/B(2) SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB