# SaudiSat-3
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Saudi Arabia
- **operator**: kacst
- **platform**: saudisat-3-bus
- **launch vehicle**: dnepr
- **actual launch**: 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.
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: unclaimed
- **provider**: kacst
- **attributes**: {"country":"Saudi Arabia","operator":"kacst","platform":"saudisat-3-bus","launch_vehicle":"dnepr","actual_launch":"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."}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
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.[^gunter-saudisat3][^dnepr-launch-history] The spacecraft carries a high-resolution passive optical imager and uses a mission-specific SaudiSat-3 bus.[^gunter-saudisat3][^globalsec-saudi-eo] Its imagery supports land-cover and urban-change observation.[^globalsec-saudi-eo]

## Compositional position
- SaudiSat-3 --[mission_payloads]--> saudisat-3-high-resolution-imager (products)
- SaudiSat-3 --[mission_buses]--> saudisat-3-bus (products)
- SaudiSat-3 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- SaudiSat-3 --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)

## Sources
- [gunter-saudisat3] | SaudiSat-3, Gunter Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/saudisat-3.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [dnepr-launch-history] | Dnepr launch history | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dnepr_(rocket) | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [globalsec-saudi-eo] | Saudi Arabia Earth Observation Systems, GlobalSecurity | https://www.globalsecurity.org/space/world/saudi/earth.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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