Launch Details

Launched	6 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	32989
COSPAR ID	1979-101Q
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	9.756°
Eccentricity	0.47760
RA ascending node	3.671 hr
Argument perigee	157.845°
Mean anomaly	275.534°
Orbital period	775.458 min
Epoch of osculation	07 Mar 2026, 13:50

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8235.0 km
Mean Altitude	21588.7 km
Peak Altitude	34942.4 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