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SAUDISAT 5A, 43831

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SAUDISAT 5A, 43831 is a payload satellite owned by KACST (SA) in SSO that was launched on Fri, 07 Dec 2018 UTC via a CHANG ZHENG 2D launch vehicle from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

43831, 2018-102A

Orbit

SSO

Country

Unknown / SAUD

Related business

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (SA)

Manufacturer

KACST

Mission

Operational Civil Technology

Bus & Motor

SAUDISAT, Unknown motor

Mass

425 kg wet, 425 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-07 (7 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 1.0 m

Radar Cross Section

2.500 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 4 hours ago

TLE from 4 hours ago

0 SAUDISAT 5A
1 43831U 18102A   26036.87016067  .00011566  00000-0  44516-3 0  9995
2 43831  97.3254 101.0012 0008681 233.8485 126.1952 15.26496959395630

Epoch: 2026-02-05T20:53Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-05T20:53:01.881Z)

Latitude

0.00003°

Longitude

11.72717°

Altitude

492.919 km

Speed

7.616 km/s

True Right ascension

06h 44m 00s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

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Latitude

Unknown

Longitude

Unknown

Altitude

Unknown

Speed

Unknown

Apparent Right ascension

Unknown

Apparent Declination

Unknown

Sunlit

N/A

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Local Sidereal Time

03:13:09

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

489.204 km

Perigee altitude

477.291 km

Semi-major axis

6,861.385 km

Eccentricity

0.00087

Inclination

97.3254°

RAAN

101.0012°

Arg. of periapsis

233.8485°

True anomaly

126.27543°

Mean anomaly

126.1952°

Eccentric anomaly

126.23532°

Mean motion

3.81879 °/min

Orbital period

94.27 mins

BSTAR

0.00044516

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Other satellites on launch #102 in the year 2018 (2018-12-07 UTC)

OBJECT D, 43834

OBJECT H, 43838 (Decayed)

SAUDISAT 5B, 43833

OBJECT G, 43837 (Decayed)

OBJECT N, 43843 (Decayed)

OBJECT F, 43836 (Decayed)

OBJECT P, 43844 (Decayed)

OBJECT J, 43839 (Decayed)

OBJECT E, 43835 (Decayed)

OBJECT K, 43840 (Decayed)

OBJECT L, 43841 (Decayed)

OBJECT M, 43842 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 43832 (Decayed)

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SAUDISAT 5A Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
4 mins	2026-02-06 03:19:51.561Z	107.663° ESE	2026-02-06 03:21:51.561Z	70.665° E	17.165°	2026-02-06 03:23:51.561Z	32.326° NE
4 mins	2026-02-06 04:53:51.561Z	228.54° WSW	2026-02-06 04:54:51.561Z	252.984° W	23.094°	2026-02-06 04:57:51.561Z	317.77° NNW
4 mins	2026-02-06 16:20:51.561Z	53.511° ENE	2026-02-06 16:22:51.561Z	99.127° ESE	21.711°	2026-02-06 16:24:51.561Z	141.575° SSE

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SAUDISAT 5A, 43831

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 4 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-02-05T20:53:01.881Z)

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Orbital elements

Other satellites on launch #102 in the year 2018 (2018-12-07 UTC)

SAUDISAT 5A Visibility forecast

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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