Key statistics
Satellite SAUDISAT 3 at a glance.
Uptime
6760
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.1
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SAUDISAT 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SAUDISAT 3
International designator: 2007-012B
Object number (NORAD): 31118
Object ID (CCSDS): 31118
Country: SAUDI ARABIA (SAUD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.881 minutes
Inclination: 98.1129 deg
SMA: 7035.448 km
Apoapsis: 666.685 km
Periapsis: 647.941 km
RAAN: 237.5708 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00133212
Argument of periapsis: 276.2715 deg
Mean anomaly: 83.6974 deg
Mean motion: 14.7117757 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000743 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00012872192 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 19, 2025, 2:20 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 18, 2025, 8 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SAUDISAT 3
TLE line 1: 1 31118U 07012B 25291.83394120 .00000743 00000-0 12872-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 31118 98.1129 237.5708 0013321 276.2715 83.6974 14.71177570992263
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SAUDISAT 3.
Associated space launch
Rideshare mission with Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Earth observation satellites as well as 14 American cubesats
SAUDISAT 3 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Dnepr | EgyptSat 1 & Saudisat 3’, on board a Dnepr space rocket.
The launch took place on April 17, 2007, 6:46 a.m. from 109/95.
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Dnepr | EgyptSat 1 & Saudisat 3
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: April 17, 2007, 6:46 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Dnepr
Launch pad: 109/95
Location: Baikonur Cosmodrome, Republic of Kazakhstan
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