Saudisat 1C

Also known as SO-50, Saudi Oscar 50

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General

Designation	27607 / 02058C
Launch date	20 Dec 2002
Country of origin	Saudi Arabia
Mission	Telecommunications
Perigee/Apogee	650 km
Inclination	64.6°
Period	98 min
Launch vehicle	Dnepr #3

The satellite will be used for purely commercial, non-military purposes to provide data on weather conditions and oil exploration besides monitoring the movement of vehicles.

Satellite entirely made by Saudi Arabian teams.

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External resources

sat-index articles

Technical data

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Specifications

Prime contractor	Saudi Institute for Space Research at KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Tech), Riyadh
Platform
Mass at launch	10 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension
Solar array
Stabilization
DC power
Design lifetime

Amateur payload:
Uplink at 145.850 MHz, Downlink at 436.800 MHz

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