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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

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: 9 hours ago

TLE from 9 hours ago

0 SAUDISAT 5B
1 43833U 18102C   25258.34476902  .00007108  00000-0  29160-3 0  9997
2 43833  97.3571 322.8569 0011982  36.1502 324.0543 15.24480535373863

Epoch: 2025-09-15T08:16Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-09-15T08:16:28.043Z)

Latitude

-0.00005°

Longitude

-155.8107°

Altitude

488.781 km

Speed

7.624 km/s

True Right ascension

21h 31m 25s

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

09:26:52

Azimuth

Unknown

Elevation

Unknown

Doppler factor

Unknown

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

497.532 km

Perigee altitude

481.075 km

Semi-major axis

6,867.44 km

Eccentricity

0.0012

Inclination

97.3571°

RAAN

322.8569°

Arg. of periapsis

36.1502°

True anomaly

323.9736°

Mean anomaly

324.0543°

Eccentric anomaly

324.01396°

Mean motion

3.81374 °/min

Orbital period

94.4 mins

BSTAR

0.0002916

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

SAUDISAT 5A, 43831

OBJECT B, 43832 (Decayed)

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)

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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.
5 mins	2025-09-16 04:53:44.266Z	208.118° SW	2025-09-16 04:55:44.266Z	272.175° WNW	30.847°	2025-09-16 04:58:44.266Z	330.555° NNW

Co-orbital & Co-planar RSOs

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Check out SAUDISAT 5B, 43833 on other resources

View SAUDISAT 5B, 43833 on NASA - NSSDCA Website

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View SAUDISAT 5B, 43833 on Keep Track

View SAUDISAT 5B, 43833 on Celestrak

View SAUDISAT 5B, 43833 on Gunter's Space Page

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