SAUDICOMSAT 3

Satellite information

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Satellite Type and Status

PAYLOADIN ORBIT

Key statistics

Satellite SAUDICOMSAT 3 at a glance.

Uptime

6760

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: 97.954 minutes

Inclination: 98.2829 deg

SMA: 7038.96 km

Apoapsis: 689.663 km

Periapsis: 631.988 km

RAAN: 258.0035 deg

Eccentricy: 0.0040968

Argument of periapsis: 94.6884 deg

Mean anomaly: 265.9002 deg

Mean motion: 14.70076627 rev/day

Mean motion (dot): 0.00001862 rev/day2

B* drag term: 0.00031471863 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, 9:17 p.m. UTC

TLE line 0: 0 SAUDICOMSAT 3

TLE line 1: 1 31125U 07012J 25291.88740397 .00001862 00000-0 31472-3 0 9994

TLE line 2: 2 31125 98.2829 258.0035 0040968 94.6884 265.9002 14.70076627989360

Live tracking on map

Real-time ground track for satellite SAUDICOMSAT 3.

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 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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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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