SAUDICOMSAT 3

NORAD 31125· COSPAR 2007-012J· Active satellite· Communications· SSO

Launch

Launched on Apr 17, 2007 from 109/95, Kazakhstan aboard a Dnepr 1.

Dnepr | EgyptSat 1 & Saudisat 3 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-09 09:46 UTC

Orbit class

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

Operator

KACST

Country

Saudi Arabia

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Apr 17, 2007

Mass

—

Apogee

691 km

Perigee

635 km

Inclination

98.32°

Period

1.63 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for SAUDICOMSAT 3 across 103 days of archived orbital elements (104 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.5 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

635 × 691 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

5 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2007-012 (Dnepr | EgyptSat 1 & Saudisat 3).

SAUDISAT 3 · 31118
SAUDICOMSAT 7 · 31119
SAUDICOMSAT 6 · 31121
SAUDICOMSAT 5 · 31124
SAUDICOMSAT 4 · 31127

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