Key statistics
Satellite SAUDICOMSAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
7678
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.6
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.6
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SAUDICOMSAT 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SAUDICOMSAT 1
International designator: 2004-025D
Object number (NORAD): 28369
Object ID (CCSDS): 28369
Country: SAUDI ARABIA (SAUD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 98.966 minutes
Inclination: 98.5692 deg
SMA: 7087.337 km
Apoapsis: 732.187 km
Periapsis: 686.217 km
RAAN: 183.5564 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0032431
Argument of periapsis: 4.273 deg
Mean anomaly: 355.8737 deg
Mean motion: 14.55050848 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000345 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.000090844 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 10:36 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 2:06 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SAUDICOMSAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 28369U 04025D 25187.58771592 .00000345 00000-0 90844-4 0 9997
TLE line 2: 2 28369 98.5692 183.5564 0032431 4.2730 355.8737 14.55050848113924
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SAUDICOMSAT 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
AprizeSat, is a constellation of small Low-Earth-Orbit satellites (64 satellites planned) to achieve a global communication system of data transmission and fixed and mobile asset tracking and monitoring (GMPCS).
SAUDICOMSAT 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr | Aprizesat-2’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.
The launch took place on June 29, 2004, 6:30 a.m. from 109/95.
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Dnepr | Aprizesat-2
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: June 29, 2004, 6:30 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Dnepr
Launch pad: 109/95
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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