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	8.303°
Eccentricity	0.47681
RA ascending node	6.442 hr
Argument perigee	80.123°
Mean anomaly	44.286°
Orbital period	794.670 min
Epoch of osculation	09 Mar 2026, 15:46

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8497.7 km
Mean Altitude	22048.6 km
Peak Altitude	35599.5 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