SAUDICOMSAT 6

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SAUDICOMSAT 6 is classified as:

CubeSats

NORAD ID: 31121

Int'l Code: 2007-012E

Perigee: 641.1 km

Apogee: 744.6 km

Inclination: 98.4 °

Period: 98.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7063 km

RCS: 0.0676 m² (small)

Launch date: April 17, 2007
Source: Saudi Arabia (SAUD)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

Saudicomsat 6 is one of five Saudi Arabian communications nanosatellites that were launched by a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur at 07:02 UT on 17 April 2007. Each is a 12 kg CubeSat that was built by the students and faculty of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) for storing and then forwarding communications. They are the first five among a planned fleet of 24 such nanosatellites.

1 31121U 07012E   26021.40123811  .00001381  00000-0  27327-3 0  9996
2 31121  98.3908 346.3743 0073278  64.2479 296.6261 14.62318163998728

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC