Payload
SAUDISAT 2
OperationalPayloadLEONORAD 28371
SAUDISAT 2 is a Riyadh Space Research Institute payload satellite, launched on June 29, 2004 into LEO.
Launch
- Launch date
- June 29, 2004 at 06:30 AM UTC
- Launch site
- Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
- Launched by
- Dnepr 1 →
- Operator
- ISC Kosmotras
- Mission
- Aprizesat-2
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- LEO
- Apoapsis
- 721 km
- Periapsis
- 687 km
- Inclination
- 98.55°
- Orbital period
- 98.85 min
- Orbit data fetched
- October 14, 2026 at 04:02 PM UTC
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Riyadh Space Research Institute
- Manufacturer
- Riyadh Space Research Institute
- Users
- Government
- Launch mass
- 35 kg
- Dry mass
- 35 kg
- Dimensions
- 0.5 × 0.3 × 0.5 m
- Detailed purpose
- Optical Imaging
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2004-025F
- NORAD catalog №
- 28371
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Saudi Arabia- Radar cross-section
- 0.265 m²
- Status
- Operational