Mission type Earth observation COSPAR ID 2014-033G Regime Sun Synchronous Launch date 19 June 2014 Inclination 97.9° Launch site Dombarovsky | Operator KACST Reference system Geocentric Perigee 620 km Inclination 97.9° Rocket Dnepr Manufacturer Stanford University | |
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Similar Saudi‑OSCAR 50, BugSat 1, UniSat‑6, KazEOSat 2, Hodoyoshi 3 | ||
SaudiSat-4 is a Saudi-Arabian micro-satellite launched in 2014. Details or photos of the bus are unknown.
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Launch
SaudiSat-4 was launched from Dombarovsky (air base) site 13, Russia, on 19 June 2014 by a Dnepr rocket. It is unknown if communications with satellite was established or not.
Mission
The satellite is intended primarily for technology verification in space, main test piece being UV light diodes, intended for removal of static charge from the proof mass. Proof mass experiment is expected to pave the way to engineering of gravitational reference sensor (GRS) of drag-free spacecraft. This devise has an applications for the tentative Laser Interferometer Space Antenna gravity wave detector.
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