Key statistics
Satellite SAUDICOMSAT 3 at a glance.
Uptime
6656
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.7
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.3
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Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for SAUDICOMSAT 3.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: SAUDICOMSAT 3
International designator: 2007-012J
Object number (NORAD): 31125
Object ID (CCSDS): 31125
Country: SAUDI ARABIA (SAUD)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: SMALL
Orbital parameters
Period: 97.972 minutes
Inclination: 98.2661 deg
SMA: 7039.819 km
Apoapsis: 690.569 km
Periapsis: 632.799 km
RAAN: 152.0678 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0041031
Argument of periapsis: 66.1336 deg
Mean anomaly: 294.4161 deg
Mean motion: 14.69807702 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00000769 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00013594 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: July 6, 2025, 6:05 p.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: July 6, 2025, 9:32 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 SAUDICOMSAT 3
TLE line 1: 1 31125U 07012J 25187.39773711 .00000769 00000-0 13594-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 31125 98.2661 152.0678 0041031 66.1336 294.4161 14.69807702974011
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite SAUDICOMSAT 3.
In-orbit conjunctions
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Go to all conjunctionsAssociated space launch
Rideshare mission with Egyptian and Saudi Arabian Earth observation satellites as well as 14 American cubesats
SAUDICOMSAT 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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