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Najm-1
Saudi satellite dedicated to space photography and tracking naval ships. Najm-1 was launched on March 22, 2021 aboard a Soyuz-2-1A from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2021-022RNORAD 47947Saudi Arabia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Najm-1
- Payload designation
- Shaheen Sat
- International designator
- 2021-022R
- NORAD catalog number
- 47947
- GCAT identifier
- S47947
Mission
- Mission type
- Optical imaging
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Najm
- Owner
- KACST
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Builder
- LinaSpace LLC
- Platform (bus)
- Aprize?
Launch
- Date
- March 22, 2021 · 06:07 UTC
- Launch record
- 2021-022Success
- Rocket
- Soyuz-2-1A
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC31
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LLEO/S
- Perigee
- 534 km
- Apogee
- 558 km
- Inclination
- 97.56°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- Mar 22, 2021
Size
- Mass
- 50 kg
- Dry mass
- 50 kg
- Length
- 0.5 m
- Diameter
- 0.30 m
- Span
- 0.5 m
Launched together
CAS500 1Optical imaging · KARIUnisat-7Technology · GAUSS SrIChallenge OneCommunications · Telnet HoldingGRBAlphaAstronomy · TUKEORBICRAFT-ZORKIYOptical imaging · SputniksEnxanetaCommunications · Open CosmosSpace Travelling Egg-Controlled Catadioptric ObjectCalibration · Roma La SapienzaDIY-1Technology · DIYSatelliteSMOG-1Signals intelligence · BME
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q106066524 (CC0).