# SaudiSat-5B
*missions*

## Specifications
- **country**: Saudi Arabia
- **operator**: kacst
- **platform**: saudisat-5-bus
- **launch vehicle**: casc-long-march-2d
- **actual launch**: 2018-12-07
- **current status**: operational
- **orbit type**: Sun-synchronous LEO, approximately 540 x 560 km and 97.6 deg inclination
- **tasking supported**: false
- **current geographic priority**: Government high-resolution imagery for urban planning, development uses, and monitoring movement/change on the Earth's surface.
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: operator
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: kacst
- **attributes**: {"country":"Saudi Arabia","operator":"kacst","platform":"saudisat-5-bus","launch_vehicle":"casc-long-march-2d","actual_launch":"2018-12-07","current_status":"operational","orbit_type":"Sun-synchronous LEO, approximately 540 x 560 km and 97.6 deg inclination","tasking_supported":false,"current_geographic_priority":"Government high-resolution imagery for urban planning, development uses, and monitoring movement/change on the Earth's surface."}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
SaudiSat-5B is one of two SaudiSat-5 Earth-observation satellites launched together on 2018-12-07 at 04:12 UTC, 12:12 Beijing time, on Long March 2D from Jiuquan.[^saudi-gazette-saudisat5][^arabnews-saudisat5-spa] The Saudi-designed and manufactured satellite uses a shared SaudiSat-5 spacecraft bus and carries high-resolution Earth-imaging and hyperspectral imaging payloads.[^saudi-gazette-saudisat5][^arabnews-saudisat5-spa] Its sun-synchronous orbit is about 540 x 560 km at 97.6 degrees inclination.[^gunter-saudisat5] The mission supports land-cover and urban-change observation.[^saudi-gazette-saudisat5]

## Compositional position
- SaudiSat-5B --[mission_payloads]--> saudisat-5-hyperspectral-imager (products)
- SaudiSat-5B --[mission_buses]--> saudisat-5-bus (products)
- SaudiSat-5B --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- SaudiSat-5B --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)

## Sources
- [saudi-gazette-saudisat5] | Saudi Arabia successfully launches Sat 5A, Sat 5B satellites, Saudi Gazette | https://saudigazette.com.sa/article/549713/SAUDI-ARABIA/Saudi-Arabia-successfully-launches-Sat-5A-Sat-5B-satellites | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-21 | published=2018-12-07
- [arabnews-saudisat5-spa] | Two Saudi-designed satellites launch into space, Arab News | https://www.arabnews.com/node/1417021/saudi-arabia | tier=operator-press | accessed=2026-06-21 | published=2018-12-07
- [gunter-saudisat5] | SaudiSat 5A, 5B, Gunter Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/saudisat-5.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21

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