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	8.405°
Eccentricity	0.47883
RA ascending node	7.489 hr
Argument perigee	48.284°
Mean anomaly	264.335°
Orbital period	791.820 min
Epoch of osculation	18 Dec 2025, 06:40

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8405.1 km
Mean Altitude	21980.6 km
Peak Altitude	35556.1 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