SAUDICOMSAT 6

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SAUDICOMSAT 6 is classified as:

CubeSats

NORAD ID: 31121

Int'l Code: 2007-012E

Perigee: 643.7 km

Apogee: 744.5 km

Inclination: 98.4 °

Period: 98.5 minutes

Semi major axis: 7065 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   25199.84756249  .00000447  00000-0  96563-4 0  9997
2 31121  98.3601 157.2936 0071307 285.1220  74.2100 14.61920747971460

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC