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	8.315°
Eccentricity	0.47684
RA ascending node	6.380 hr
Argument perigee	81.841°
Mean anomaly	57.923°
Orbital period	794.682 min
Epoch of osculation	19 Mar 2026, 14:40

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8497.0 km
Mean Altitude	22048.9 km
Peak Altitude	35600.7 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