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	17.968°
Eccentricity	0.48395
RA ascending node	14.092 hr
Argument perigee	258.874°
Mean anomaly	46.745°
Orbital period	258.075 min
Epoch of osculation	15 Mar 2026, 23:22

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	558.2 km
Mean Altitude	7056.4 km
Peak Altitude	13554.6 km

Launched alongside

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