Launch Details

Launched	6 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	29004
COSPAR ID	1979-101G
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	8.237°
Eccentricity	0.48082
RA ascending node	6.989 hr
Argument perigee	65.211°
Mean anomaly	256.606°
Orbital period	794.544 min
Epoch of osculation	18 Dec 2025, 07:33

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8382.4 km
Mean Altitude	22045.6 km
Peak Altitude	35708.8 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