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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

Last TLE update

8 hours ago

Origin

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (SA / SAUD)

Manufacturer

KACST

Mission

Operational Civil Technology

Bus & Motor

SAUDISAT, Unknown motor

Mass

425 kg wet, 425 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2018-12-07 (6 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 2 m

Radar Cross Section

2.500 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 8 hours ago

0 SAUDISAT 5A
1 43831U 18102A   25128.93152456  .00006640  00000-0  28693-3 0  9991
2 43831  97.3603 193.4305 0012527 118.2657 241.9845 15.22739435354052

Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:21Z

Definitive object data (Epoch: 2025-05-08T22:21:23.721Z)

Latitude

-0.00012°

Longitude

-8.91326°

Altitude

504.732 km

Speed

7.61 km/s

True Right ascension

12h 53m 43s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at TLE epoch

Visualization TLE readout

Latitude

-1.87162°

Longitude

-8.3512°

Altitude

505.077 km

Speed

7.609 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

10h 24m 22s

Apparent Declination

-55° 30' 15"

Sunlit

Object is in full shadow

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

14:22:50

Azimuth

210.912° SW

Elevation

-18.007°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

503.151 km

Perigee altitude

485.933 km

Semi-major axis

6,872.679 km

Eccentricity

0.0012527

Inclination

97.3603°

RAAN

193.4305°

Arg. of periapsis

118.2657°

True anomaly

241.85787°

Mean anomaly

241.9845°

Eccentric anomaly

241.92117°

Mean motion

3.80938 °/min

BSTAR

0.00028693

Orbital period

94.5 mins

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

OBJECT B, 43832 (Decayed)

SAUDISAT 5B, 43833

OBJECT D, 43834

OBJECT E, 43835 (Decayed)

OBJECT F, 43836 (Decayed)

OBJECT G, 43837 (Decayed)

OBJECT H, 43838 (Decayed)

OBJECT J, 43839 (Decayed)

OBJECT K, 43840 (Decayed)

OBJECT L, 43841 (Decayed)

OBJECT M, 43842 (Decayed)

OBJECT N, 43843 (Decayed)

OBJECT P, 43844 (Decayed)

SAUDISAT 5A Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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	2025-05-09 16:17:02.219Z	52.249° ENE	2025-05-09 16:19:02.219Z	88.291° E	17.32°	2025-05-09 16:21:02.219Z	128.7° SE
5 mins	2025-05-10 04:28:02.219Z	181.872° SSW	2025-05-10 04:30:02.219Z	290.74° WNW	42.32°	2025-05-10 04:33:02.219Z	342.35° N

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