Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	40778
COSPAR ID	1979-104AF
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	17.967°
Eccentricity	0.48324
RA ascending node	4.171 hr
Argument perigee	174.193°
Mean anomaly	355.962°
Orbital period	258.000 min
Epoch of osculation	18 Jul 2026, 07:22

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	566.3 km
Mean Altitude	7053.8 km
Peak Altitude	13541.2 km

Launched alongside

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