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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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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