31127 - SAUDICOMSAT 4

SAUDICOMSAT 4 is one of five Saudi Arabian communications nanosatellites that were launched by a Dnepr rocket from Baikonur at 07:02 UT on 2007 April 17. Each is a 12-kg CubeSat that was built by the students and faculty of King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) for storing and then forwarding communications. They are the first five among a planned fleet of 24 such nanosatellites.

Facts in Brief

Launch Date: 2007-04-17
Launch Vehicle: Dnepr
Launch Site: Tyuratam (Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan