Satellite · NORAD 27607 · COSPAR 2002-058C
SAUDISAT 1C (SO-50)
- Operator Saudi Arabia
- Constellation —
- Country Saudi Arabia
Altitude now
603.7km
SGP4 propagation
Velocity
7.58km/s
Inclination
64.55°
Period
97.1 min
97.1 min
Perigee
569km
Apogee
670km
orbit agingOrbit updated 10 h ago · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 15:42 UTC (33.7 h old)· Metadata updated 10 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
- 58.579° S
- Longitude
- 157.598° E
- Altitude
- 603.7 km
- Velocity
- 7.577 km/s
- past 45 min
- next 90 min
- first fix from server render · element epoch 10 Sept 2026 15:42 UTC
Mission
Mission & classification
Ownership
Operator & country
- Operator
- —
- SATCAT owner code
- SAUD · Saudi Arabia
- Country
- Saudi Arabia SA
Launch
Launch
- Launch date
- 20 Dec 2002
- COSPAR launch id
- 2002-058
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome (Tyuratam)
Objects from the same launch · 7
- SL-24 DEB [PLEM COVER]27611DebrisDecayed
- RUBIN-2 & SAFIR-M27605PayloadUnknown
- LATINSAT B27606PayloadActive
- UNISAT-227608PayloadUnknown
- TRAILBLAZER 227609PayloadUnknown
- LATINSAT A27612PayloadActive
- SL-24 R/B27610Rocket 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 4 h ago
CelesTrak SATCATcommunity
Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.
last sync 10 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
- 27607
- COSPAR / international designator
- 2002-058C
- SatelliteIndex id
- sat_01M28X2SWT01QM2JGQ9QTBM24N
- Canonical slug
- saudisat-1c-so-50-27607
Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Unknown) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.