Satellite · NORAD 28369 · COSPAR 2004-025D
SAUDICOMSAT 1
- Operator Saudi Arabia
- Constellation —
- Country Saudi Arabia
Altitude now
705.0km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.52km/s
Inclination
98.58°
Period
98.9 min
98.9 min
Perigee
684km
Apogee
731km
orbit freshOrbit updated 15 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:32 UTC (6.9 h old)· Metadata updated 15 h ago
Live position
Ground track & current position
Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.
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- Latitude
- 56.002° N
- Longitude
- 117.381° W
- Altitude
- 705.0 km
- Velocity
- 7.515 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 18:32 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- SAUD · Saudi Arabia
- Country
- Saudi Arabia SA
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 29 Jun 2004
- COSPAR launch id
- 2004-025
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)
Objects from the same launch · 10
- SL-24 DEB28374DebrisInactive
- SL-24 DEB37586DebrisInactive
- APRIZESAT 228366PayloadActive
- DEMETER28368PayloadUnknown
- SAUDICOMSAT 228370PayloadActive
- SAUDISAT 228371PayloadActive
- APRIZESAT 128372PayloadActive
- UNISAT-328373PayloadUnknown
- ECHO (AO-51)28375PayloadUnknown
- SL-24 R/B28367Rocket bodyInactive
Change log
History
| Field | Change | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Code | ∅ → SA | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Owner Code | ∅ → SAUD | Celestrak Satcat | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
| Orbit Class | ∅ → LEO | Celestrak | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC |
Regulatory
UN registration
Transparency
Sources & provenance
CelesTrakcommunity
Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).
last sync 15 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 21 h ago
Field provenance
| Field | Source | Observed | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canonical Name | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Decay Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Launch Date | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Object Type | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Orbital Elements | CelesTrak | 12 Sept 2026 01:01 UTC | 100% |
| Owner Code | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
| Status | CelesTrak SATCAT | 11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC | 100% |
Quality flags
- UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026
Timeline
Events
No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.
Reference
Identifiers
- NORAD catalogue number
- 28369
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2004-025D
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM25R
- Canonical slug
- saudicomsat-1-28369
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.