SAUDICOMSAT 6

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SAUDICOMSAT 6 at a glance.

Uptime

6715

Days in orbit

Revolutions

≈ 14.6

Per day

Orbit

SSO

Sun Synchronous Orbit

Inclination

98.4

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Satellite identification and parameters

Extended collection of information and parameters for SAUDICOMSAT 6.

Object identification

Identified? True

Debris? False

Object name: SAUDICOMSAT 6

International designator: 2007-012E

Object number (NORAD): 31121

Object ID (CCSDS): 31121

Country: SAUDI ARABIA (SAUD)

Current information (Y/N): Y

RCS size: SMALL

Orbital parameters

Period: 98.497 minutes

Inclination: 98.366 deg

SMA: 7064.928 km

Apoapsis: 738.604 km

Periapsis: 634.982 km

RAAN: 204.1128 deg

Eccentricy: 0.00733356

Argument of periapsis: 139.8613 deg

Mean anomaly: 220.8038 deg

Mean motion: 14.61978973 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001257 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00025134648 1/REarth

Two-line elements (TLE)

Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.

Reference frame: TEME

Reference center: EARTH

Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 2:45 a.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SAUDICOMSAT 6

TLE line 1: 1 31121U 07012E 25246.11489104 .00001257 00000-0 25135-3 0 9999

TLE line 2: 2 31121 98.3660 204.1128 0073336 139.8613 220.8038 14.61978973978229

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SAUDICOMSAT 6.

In-orbit conjunctions

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Associated space launch

Rideshare mission with Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Earth observation satellites as well as 14 American cubesats

SAUDICOMSAT 6 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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Launch to space Dnepr | EgyptSat 1 & Saudisat 3
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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