Launch Details

Launched	6 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	29003
COSPAR ID	1979-101F
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	9.040°
Eccentricity	0.48941
RA ascending node	3.428 hr
Argument perigee	171.652°
Mean anomaly	251.630°
Orbital period	785.636 min
Epoch of osculation	10 Mar 2026, 07:40

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8029.7 km
Mean Altitude	21832.8 km
Peak Altitude	35635.9 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