Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	40774
COSPAR ID	1979-104AB
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	18.570°
Eccentricity	0.59040
RA ascending node	6.848 hr
Argument perigee	51.007°
Mean anomaly	348.367°
Orbital period	358.780 min
Epoch of osculation	20 Mar 2026, 05:37

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	479.7 km
Mean Altitude	10354.5 km
Peak Altitude	20229.3 km

Launched alongside

CAT 1 ARIANE 1 R/B ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB ARIANE 1 DEB