| SaudiSat-4 | |
| Mission Type: | Space Science |
| Operator: | KACST |
| Cospar Id: | 2014-033G |
| Manufacturer: | King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology |
| Launch Rocket: | Dnepr |
| Launch Site: | Dombarovsky site 370/13 |
| Orbit Reference: | Geocentric |
| Orbit Regime: | Sun Synchronous |
| Orbit Periapsis: | 620 km |
| Orbit Apoapsis: | 620 km |
| Orbit Inclination: | 97.9° |
| Apsis: | gee |
SaudiSat-4 is a Saudi Arabian micro-satellite launched in 2014. It was built by the National Satellite Technology Center at KACST.
SaudiSat-4 was launched from Dombarovsky (air base) site 13, Russia, on 19 June 2014 by a Dnepr rocket.[1]
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.[2]