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SAUDISAT 5B, 43833

Orbit data source: Space-Track

SAUDISAT 5B, 43833 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

43833, 2018-102C

Orbit

SSO

Country

SA / 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 (8 years ago)

Launch vehicle

CHANG ZHENG 2D

Launch site

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China (JSC)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box, 1.2 m

Radar Cross Section

2.500 m², Large (>1 m²)

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Last TLE update: 5 hours ago

TLE from 5 hours ago

0 SAUDISAT 5B
1 43833U 18102C   26319.17041161  .00005413  00000-0  19126-3 0  9990
2 43833  97.2994  21.1519 0008966 328.7179  31.3527 15.29576230438868

Epoch: 2026-11-15T04:05Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-15T04:05:23.563Z)

Latitude

-0.00001°

Longitude

-94.46097°

Altitude

474.936 km

Speed

7.631 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 24m 36s

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

05:57:31

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

480.17 km

Perigee altitude

467.883 km

Semi-major axis

6,852.164 km

Eccentricity

0.0009

Inclination

97.2994°

RAAN

21.1519°

Arg. of periapsis

328.7179°

True anomaly

31.40621°

Mean anomaly

31.3527°

Eccentric anomaly

31.37945°

Mean motion

3.8265 °/min

Orbital period

94.08 mins

BSTAR

0.00019126

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

OBJECT F, 43836 (Decayed)

OBJECT D, 43834 (Decayed)

SAUDISAT 5A, 43831

OBJECT G, 43837 (Decayed)

OBJECT P, 43844 (Decayed)

OBJECT H, 43838 (Decayed)

OBJECT M, 43842 (Decayed)

OBJECT L, 43841 (Decayed)

OBJECT K, 43840 (Decayed)

OBJECT J, 43839 (Decayed)

OBJECT N, 43843 (Decayed)

OBJECT B, 43832 (Decayed)

OBJECT E, 43835 (Decayed)

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SAUDISAT 5B 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.
7 mins	2026-11-15 17:12:04.819Z	9.771° NNE	2026-11-15 17:15:04.819Z	354.959° N	64.866°	2026-11-15 17:19:04.819Z	195.736° SSW
4 mins	2026-11-16 03:48:04.819Z	110.308° ESE	2026-11-16 03:49:04.819Z	82.49° E	29.31°	2026-11-16 03:52:04.819Z	13.81° NNE

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SAUDISAT 5B, 43833

Orbit data source: Space-Track

Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago

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TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2026-11-15T04:05:23.563Z)

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

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