Launch Details

Launched	6 December 1979
Flight ended	–
Status	Unknown
Launch site	Air Force Eastern Test Range, Florida, USA
Owner	United States
NORAD ID	49959
COSPAR ID	1979-101AD
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination	7.181°
Eccentricity	0.47507
RA ascending node	8.748 hr
Argument perigee	21.471°
Mean anomaly	251.980°
Orbital period	796.978 min
Epoch of osculation	10 Mar 2026, 03:34

See historical orbital elements »

Derived Quantities

Min Altitude	8576.1 km
Mean Altitude	22103.6 km
Peak Altitude	35631.1 km

Launched alongside

SATCOM 3 DELTA 1 R/B(1) DELTA 1 R/B(2) SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB SATCOM 3 DEB