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Saudisat 4

Spacecraft · Saudi Arabia

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Saudisat 4
Saudisat 4
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Technology demonstration satellite King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology with a joint NASA Ames payload related to gravitational reference sensors for drag-free spacecraft.

Launch Vehicles
Dnepr.

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Mass
100 kg (220 lb)
Spacecraft Bus
Saudisat
Spacecraft
Saudisat 4
USAF Sat Cat
40016
COSPAR
2014-033G
Apogee
682 km (423 mi)
Perigee
613 km (380 mi)
Inclination
97.97 deg
Period
97.67 min. Technology demonstration satellite King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology with a joint NASA Ames payload related to gravitational reference sensors for drag-free spacecraft.