Launch Details

Launched	6 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	38687
COSPAR ID	1979-101W
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	7.594°
Eccentricity	0.47381
RA ascending node	13.197 hr
Argument perigee	249.997°
Mean anomaly	54.153°
Orbital period	798.560 min
Epoch of osculation	10 Mar 2026, 10:52

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8631.8 km
Mean Altitude	22141.3 km
Peak Altitude	35650.8 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