Launch Details

Launched	14 December 1968
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Western Test Range, California, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	42085
COSPAR ID	1968-114M
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	100.915°
Eccentricity	0.01178
RA ascending node	9.312 hr
Argument perigee	197.834°
Mean anomaly	343.180°
Orbital period	112.108 min
Epoch of osculation	16 Mar 2026, 22:31

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	1240.0 km
Mean Altitude	1330.7 km
Peak Altitude	1421.4 km

Launched alongside

ESSA 8 DELTA 1 R/B DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB DELTA 1 DEB