SAUDICOMSAT 6

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SAUDICOMSAT 6 is classified as:

CubeSats

NORAD ID: 31121

Int'l Code: 2007-012E

Perigee: 651.8 km

Apogee: 758.7 km

Inclination: 98.1 °

Period: 98.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 7076 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   18230.42835772  .00000034  00000-0  17293-4 0  9993
2 31121  98.0677 177.0647 0075537 231.1873 128.2566 14.58476158603076

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC