Launch Details

Launched	6 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	32986
COSPAR ID	1979-101M
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	8.667°
Eccentricity	0.48029
RA ascending node	5.883 hr
Argument perigee	96.025°
Mean anomaly	331.788°
Orbital period	788.349 min
Epoch of osculation	10 Mar 2026, 13:15

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8320.6 km
Mean Altitude	21897.7 km
Peak Altitude	35474.9 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