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Saudi-OSCAR 50
Saudi Arabian amateur radio satellite. Saudi-OSCAR 50 was launched on December 20, 2002 aboard a Dnepr from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2002-058CNORAD 27607Saudi Arabia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Saudi-OSCAR-50
- Common name
- Saudi-OSCAR 50
- Payload designation
- Saudisat 1C
- Other names
- SO-50
- International designator
- 2002-058C
- NORAD catalog number
- 27607
- GCAT identifier
- S27607
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.418
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Civil government
- Program
- Saudisat
- Owner
- KACST
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Builder
- King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Saudisat
Launch
- Date
- December 20, 2002 · 17:00 UTC
- Launch record
- 2002-058Success
- Rocket
- Dnepr
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC109/95
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 633 km
- Apogee
- 690 km
- Inclination
- 64.56°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- February 2023
- End of operations
- 2008
Size
- Mass
- 15 kg
- Dry mass
- 15 kg
- Length
- 0.2 m
- Diameter
- 0.20 m
- Span
- 0.2 m
Launched together
Source: GCAT payload, deep-space and lander catalogs, Jonathan C. McDowell (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata Q4120417 (CC0).