Latitude
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SAUDISAT
NORAD 31118 · COSPAR 2007-012B · ACTIVE
Orbit: #4449 @ 647 x 666 km x 98.1593 deg
CURRENT ORBIT DATA
TLE epoch 2026-10-09 02:12 UTC · 17.8 h old
Orbit history
// altitude & velocity from orbital-data archiveTrend: —
Altitude —
Velocity —
Next visible passes
// click to checkCurrent TLE
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SAUDISAT 3
1 31118U 07012B 26282.09201750 .00000186 00000-0 38263-4 0 09999
2 31118 98.1593 232.6378 0013666 221.6032 138.4136 14.71480873044490
TLE data & history
🚀 Launch manifest1 31118U 07012B 26282.09201750 .00000186 00000-0 38263-4 0 09999
2 31118 98.1593 232.6378 0013666 221.6032 138.4136 14.71480873044490
Spacecraft info
// UCS Satellite DatabaseLaunch date
April 17th 2007
Spacecraft age
19 years, 5 months
Distance travelled
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Expected lifetime
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Operator
Riyadh Space Research Institute
Purpose
Earth Observation
Orbit class
LEO · Sun-Synchronous
Launch site
Baikonur Cosmodrome
Launch vehicle
Dnepr
Contractor
King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
Launch mass
200 kg
Power
â
Orbit elements
// from current orbital elementsInclination
98.1593°
Period
97.86 min
Perigee
647 km
Apogee
666 km
Eccentricity
0.0013666
RAAN
232.6378°
Arg of Perigee
221.6032°
Mean Motion
14.71480873 rev/d