Key statistics
Satellite SAUDISAT 1B at a glance.
Uptime
8990
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
LEO
Low Earth Orbit
Inclination
64.5
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SAUDISAT 1B.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SAUDISAT 1B
International designator: 2000-057E
Object number (NORAD): 26549
Object ID (CCSDS): 26549
Country: SAUDI ARABIA (SAUD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.665 minutes
Inclination: 64.5483 deg
SMA: 6977.071 km
Apoapsis: 602.454 km
Periapsis: 595.419 km
RAAN: 185.1479 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0005042
Argument of periapsis: 162.1191 deg
Mean anomaly: 198.0097 deg
Mean motion: 14.89680097 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00001612 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00018375 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 11:47 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SAUDISAT 1B
TLE line 1: 1 26549U 00057E 25127.49156879 .00001612 00000-0 18375-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 26549 64.5483 185.1479 0005042 162.1191 198.0097 14.89680097331143
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SAUDISAT 1B.
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 1B 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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