Launch Details

Launched	23 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Europe's Spaceport, Kourou, French Guiana
Owner	France
NORAD ID	40781
COSPAR ID	1979-104AJ
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	19.113°
Eccentricity	0.64971
RA ascending node	22.753 hr
Argument perigee	186.288°
Mean anomaly	157.781°
Orbital period	454.535 min
Epoch of osculation	18 Aug 2026, 11:35

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	488.7 km
Mean Altitude	13211.7 km
Peak Altitude	25934.7 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