Launch Details

Launched	6 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	32987
COSPAR ID	1979-101N
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	9.816°
Eccentricity	0.49286
RA ascending node	2.507 hr
Argument perigee	198.482°
Mean anomaly	348.765°
Orbital period	784.897 min
Epoch of osculation	09 Mar 2026, 14:57

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	7923.3 km
Mean Altitude	21815.1 km
Peak Altitude	35707.0 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