SAUDISAT 5A, 43831
Orbit data source: Space-Track
SAUDISAT 5A, 43831 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
Orbit
Country
Unknown / SAUDRelated business
Manufacturer
KACST
Mission
Operational Civil Technology
Bus & Motor
SAUDISAT, Unknown motor
Mass
425 kg wet, 425 kg dry
Launch date (UTC)
Launch vehicle
Launch site
Object type
Shape & HBR
Box, 1.0 m
Radar Cross Section
2.500 m², Large (>1 m²)
Expand to show TLE details & historyLast TLE update: 5 hours ago
TLE from 5 hours ago
0 SAUDISAT 5A
1 43831U 18102A 25303.88558829 .00009262 00000-0 37482-3 0 9993
2 43831 97.3414 4.9131 0009348 217.9455 142.1126 15.24876099380698Epoch: 2025-10-30T21:15Z
TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-10-30T21:15:14.828Z)
Latitude
0.00007°
Longitude
6.66336°
Altitude
499.328 km
Speed
7.612 km/s
True Right ascension
00h 19m 39s
True Declination
0° 00' 00"
Sunlit
Visualization orbit readout
Latitude
Unknown
Longitude
Unknown
Altitude
Unknown
Speed
Unknown
Apparent Right ascension
Unknown
Apparent Declination
Unknown
Sunlit
Visualization observer readout
Local Sidereal Time
21:24:59
Azimuth
Unknown
Elevation
Unknown
Doppler factor
Unknown
Orbital elements
Apogee altitude
494.533 km
Perigee altitude
481.696 km
Semi-major axis
6,866.251 km
Eccentricity
0.00093
Inclination
97.3414°
RAAN
4.9131°
Arg. of periapsis
217.9455°
True anomaly
142.17832°
Mean anomaly
142.1126°
Eccentric anomaly
142.14547°
Mean motion
3.81473 °/min
Orbital period
94.37 mins
BSTAR
0.00037482
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Other satellites on launch #102 in the year 2018 (2018-12-07 UTC)
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You can import UDL-sourced sensor .json files into the Sandbox to generate a visibility chart that accounts for multi-vendor sensor geometry.SAUDISAT 5A 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. |
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| 5 mins | 2025-10-31 03:41:57.873Z | 126.474° SE | 2025-10-31 03:43:57.873Z | 81.521° E | 27.213° | 2025-10-31 03:46:57.873Z | 13.096° NNE |
| 5 mins | 2025-10-31 16:43:57.873Z | 35.067° NE | 2025-10-31 16:45:57.873Z | 94.262° ESE | 35.09° | 2025-10-31 16:48:57.873Z | 170.117° S |
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Thresholds — Semi-major Axis: ±100 km, RAAN: ±3°, Inclination: ±5°
TCA is derived from TLE conjunctions
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