Launch Details

Launched	6 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	32993
COSPAR ID	1979-101U
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	6.998°
Eccentricity	0.46305
RA ascending node	12.234 hr
Argument perigee	282.444°
Mean anomaly	46.308°
Orbital period	793.849 min
Epoch of osculation	09 Mar 2026, 14:42

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8878.4 km
Mean Altitude	22029.0 km
Peak Altitude	35179.7 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