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	8.490°
Eccentricity	0.47883
RA ascending node	6.964 hr
Argument perigee	63.553°
Mean anomaly	43.542°
Orbital period	791.805 min
Epoch of osculation	10 Mar 2026, 10:09

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8404.8 km
Mean Altitude	21980.3 km
Peak Altitude	35555.7 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