SAUDICOMSAT 1

NORAD 28369· COSPAR 2004-025D· Active satellite· Communications· SSO

Launch

Launched on Jun 29, 2004 from 109/95, Kazakhstan aboard a Dnepr 1.

Dnepr | Aprizesat-2 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 20:14 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

KACST

Country

Saudi Arabia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 29, 2004

Mass

—

Apogee

734 km

Perigee

689 km

Inclination

98.58°

Period

1.65 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SAUDICOMSAT 1 across 148 days of archived orbital elements (149 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.3 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

689 × 734 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2004-025 (Dnepr | Aprizesat-2).

APRIZESAT 2 · 28366
SAUDICOMSAT 2 · 28370
SAUDISAT 2 · 28371
APRIZESAT 1 · 28372

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