SAUDISAT 2

NORAD 28371· COSPAR 2004-025F· Active satellite· CubeSats & Tech Demos· SSO

Launch

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

Dnepr | Aprizesat-2 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 11:38 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

KACST

Country

Saudi Arabia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Jun 29, 2004

Mass

—

Apogee

726 km

Perigee

690 km

Inclination

98.56°

Period

1.65 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SAUDISAT 2 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.2 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

690 × 726 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 1 · 28369
SAUDICOMSAT 2 · 28370
APRIZESAT 1 · 28372

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