Heaviest satellite launched by Saudi Arabia into space at 425 kg

A government satellite, Saudisat-5A is operated by Space Research Institute, King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology of Saudi Arabia for the purpose of earth observation (Optical Imaging).

Delivered via Long March 2D (launch vehicle) from Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, it was launched into space on 7 December 2018 and orbits the Earth as a sun-synchronous LEO satellite. Saudisat-5A was constructed by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (Saudi Arabia).

Saudisat-5A has a launch mass of 425 kg and is expected to have a operational lifetime of 5 years. It navigates with the COSPAR ID 2018-102A and NORAD ID 43831.

With an orbital eccentricity of 1.30E-03, the satellite's perigee, which is the point of the orbit closest to the Earth's center of mass, is 533km while its apogee, which is the point of the orbit farthest from the Earth's center of mass, is 551km. It takes 95 minutes to orbit the Earth at an inclination of 98 degrees to the equatorial plane of the Earth.

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