Saudisat 5A, 5B & Others

Launch Success

Liftoff Time (GMT)

04:12:00

Friday December 7, 2018

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Mission Details

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Saudisat 5A & 5B

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SaudiSat 5A and 5B are two Saudi-Arabian earth observation and technology demonstration satellites developed by the KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science & Technology). Saudisat 5 satellites feature a regionally optimized hyper-spectral imaging system. They are a replacement for Saudisat 2 and Saudisat 3.

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

2 Payloads

850 kilograms

Rideshares

Other payloads were also launched on this flight: - TFStar - Tianyi 3-01 - Tianyi y-0y - Tianyi z-0z - Sagittarius 01 - Ladybird 1 to 7

Sun-Synchronous Orbit

12 Payloads

Rocket

Active
Long March 2D

Active Since 1992

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation logo

Agency

CASC

Price

$29.75 million

Rocket

Height: 40.77m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 3,500 kg

GTO: 1,200 kg

Liftoff Thrust

2,962 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 3.35m

Height: 7.82m

Stages

2

Launch Site

Site 9401 (SLS-2)

Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center, China

Fastest Turnaround

10 days 18 hours

Stats

Long March 2D


42nd

Mission

7th

Mission of 2018

2018


104th

Orbital launch attempt