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SAUDISAT 4
Technology Demonstrator · KACST / Saudi Arabia
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Saudi Arabia's engineering technology demonstration satellite, carrying multiple experimental payloads testing components for future Saudi spacecraft. As part of the Kingdom's Vision 2030 space ambitions, SAUDISAT-4 represents the practical engineering training ground for Saudi engineers developing skills to design and build domestic satellite manufacturing capability.
Its orbit
- Orbit
- Low Earth Orbitcan appear as a fast-moving star at dawn or dusk
- Altitude
- 375–413 mi (604–665 km)
- Inclination
- 97.8°
- One orbit
- 97.3 minutes14.8 orbits a day
- NORAD ID
- 40016
- Int’l designator
- 2014-033G
- Launched
- 2014
Orbital elements from CelesTrak, as of 7 Nov 2026.
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