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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

Last TLE update

5 hours ago

Origin

King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (Unknown / SAUD)

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, 2 m

Radar Cross Section

2.500 m², Large (>1 m²)

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TLE from 5 hours ago

0 SAUDISAT 5B
1 43833U 18102C   25186.84541436  .00003733  00000-0  15813-3 0  9997
2 43833  97.3651 252.6487 0009759 281.4086  78.6055 15.23736471362974

Epoch: 2025-07-05T20:17Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-05T20:17:23.8Z)

Latitude

-0.00003°

Longitude

24.22192°

Altitude

496.36 km

Speed

7.617 km/s

True Right ascension

16h 50m 35s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in full shadow at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

82.24303°

Longitude

-46.24907°

Altitude

514.644 km

Speed

7.61 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

01h 37m 10s

Apparent Declination

34° 14' 29"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

13:20:43

Azimuth

356.468° N

Elevation

-15.745°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

498.245 km

Perigee altitude

484.837 km

Semi-major axis

6,869.678 km

Eccentricity

0.00098

Inclination

97.3651°

RAAN

252.6487°

Arg. of periapsis

281.4086°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

78.6055°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.81187 °/min

Orbital period

94.44 mins

BSTAR

0.00015813

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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)

SAUDISAT 5B Visibility forecast

Observer location: undefined°, undefined°

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.
6 mins	2025-07-06 04:18:02.874Z	156.865° SSE	2025-07-06 04:21:02.874Z	56.404° ENE	42.45°	2025-07-06 04:24:02.874Z	354.591° N
5 mins	2025-07-06 17:21:02.874Z	8.049° NNE	2025-07-06 17:23:02.874Z	344.887° N	43.106°	2025-07-06 17:26:02.874Z	197.556° SSW

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