Key statistics
Satellite SAUDISAT 1A at a glance.
Uptime
9156
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.6
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SAUDISAT 1A.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SAUDISAT 1A
International designator: 2000-057A
Object number (NORAD): 26545
Object ID (CCSDS): 26545
Country: SAUDI ARABIA (SAUD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.505 minutes
Inclination: 64.5535 deg
SMA: 6969.348 km
Apoapsis: 606.229 km
Periapsis: 576.198 km
RAAN: 330.3529 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0021545
Argument of periapsis: 332.4434 deg
Mean anomaly: 27.5533 deg
Mean motion: 14.92156933 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00002992 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00030711029 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 6:08 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 20, 2025, 12:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SAUDISAT 1A
TLE line 1: 1 26545U 00057A 25293.50476515 .00002992 00000-0 30711-3 0 9995
TLE line 2: 2 26545 64.5535 330.3529 0021545 332.4434 27.5533 14.92156933357257
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SAUDISAT 1A.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object SAUDISAT 1A.
Associated space launch
Four small satellites were launched atop the Dnepr launch vehicle : MegSat 1, UniSat 1, TiungSat 1 as well as SaudiSat 1a and 1b. MegSat 1 is the second MegSat satellite. It is a LEO communications satellite. UniSat 1 is an Italian satellite developed and operated by GAUSS (La Sapienza University of Rome). TiungSAT-1 or MySat (Malaysian Satellite) is the first microsatellite for the Astronautic Technology (M) SDN. BHD. Company (ATSB) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Saudisat-1a and Saudisat-1b (Saudi Arabian Satellite) are the first Saudi Arabian micro satellites.
SAUDISAT 1A was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr | SmallSat Rideshare’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 26, 2000, 10:05 a.m. from 109/95.
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Dnepr | SmallSat Rideshare
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 26, 2000, 10:05 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Dnepr
Launch pad: 109/95
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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