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Saudisat 1B
Saudisat 1B was launched on September 26, 2000 aboard a Dnepr from Baikonur. Latest status in GCAT: in orbit.
COSPAR 2000-057ENORAD 26549Saudi Arabia
Identity
- Name in GCAT
- Saudi-OSCAR-42
- Common name
- Saudisat 1B
- Payload designation
- Saudisat 1B (Aprize?)
- Other names
- SO-42,Saudi-Oscar-42
- International designator
- 2000-057E
- NORAD catalog number
- 26549
- GCAT identifier
- S26549
- UN registration
- A/AC.105/INF.418
Mission
- Mission type
- Communications
- Use
- Amateur / academic
- Program
- Saudisat
- Owner
- KACST
- Country
- Saudi Arabia
- Builder
- King Abdul Aziz City for Science and Technology
- Platform (bus)
- Saudisat
Launch
- Date
- September 26, 2000 · 10:05 UTC
- Launch record
- 2000-057Success
- Rocket
- Dnepr
- Spaceport
- Baikonur · pad LC109/95
Orbit and fate
- Orbit class (GCAT)
- LEO/I
- Perigee
- 639 km
- Apogee
- 660 km
- Inclination
- 64.56°
- Status
- In orbit
- Last known active
- 2003
- End of operations
- 2003
Size
- Mass
- 10 kg
- Dry mass
- 10 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 Q17124962 (CC0).