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SAUDISAT 3
Amateur Radio / Education · SAUDISAT
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The third SaudiSat educational satellite, continuing Saudi Arabia's tradition of amateur radio satellites that also serve as training vehicles for the next generation of Saudi satellite engineers. The SaudiSat program has produced a continuous pipeline of engineers now working on Saudi Arabia's more ambitious reconnaissance and communications satellite programs.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 404–417 mi (650–671 km)
- Inclination
- 98.2°
- One orbit
- 97.8 minutes14.7 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 31118
- Int’l designator
- 2007-012B
- Launched
- 2007
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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