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SaudiSat-3

Compiled from public sources on 2026-06-21. Not independently verified by King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology.

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SaudiSat-3 is a Saudi Earth-observation and data-relay satellite mission. It launched on Dnepr from Baikonur on 2007-04-17 into sun-synchronous low Earth orbit near 655-678 km and 98.09 degrees inclination.^[1]^[2] The spacecraft carries a high-resolution passive optical imager and uses a mission-specific SaudiSat-3 bus.^[1]^[3] Its imagery supports land-cover and urban-change observation.^[3]

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operator	King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology
platform	saudisat-3-bus
launch vehicle	dnepr
Launched	2007-04-17
orbit type	Sun-synchronous LEO, approximately 655-678 km and 98.09 deg inclination
tasking supported	false
current geographic priority	Saudi national remote-sensing technology verification and Earth-imaging applications; public sources do not expose a commercial tasking product.
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	unclaimed

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

this ——— saudisat-3-high-resolution-imager payload

this ——— SaudiSat-3 spacecraft bus bus

this ——— Land cover change related-topic

this ——— Urban change related-topic

Sources

[1]SaudiSat-3, Gunter Space Pagecommunity2026-06-21
[2]Dnepr launch historycommunity2026-06-21
[3]Saudi Arabia Earth Observation Systems, GlobalSecuritycommunity2026-06-21

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