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SAUDISAT 2
Amateur Radio / Education · SAUDISAT
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A Saudi Arabian educational satellite carrying digital store-and-forward communications for amateur radio use. Its technology allows radio signals to be received by a passing satellite and re-transmitted hours later when over a different part of the globe — a technique used in remote environmental monitoring and emergency communications where real-time links aren't possible.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 429–450 mi (691–725 km)
- Inclination
- 98.6°
- One orbit
- 98.8 minutes14.6 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 28371
- Int’l designator
- 2004-025F
- Launched
- 2004
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 6 Nov 2026.
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