Saudi Space Agency: Government / agency (Saudi Arabia), launches, rockets and satellites

Industry / Companies / Saudi Space Agency

0Orbital launches

0All launches (incl. suborbital)

3Satellites in orbit

3Satellites built

0Rockets / spacecraft

Saudi Space Agency is a government organisation based in Saudi Arabia, founded in 2018. Our records show 3 satellites in orbit.

Official website · Wikipedia · More from Saudi Arabia

Sources disagree.
Founding year: Launch Library 2 says 2018; GCAT (J. McDowell) says 2023
We show the value from the most detailed source and flag the difference instead of guessing.

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Provenance

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This entry merges 2 sources: Launch Library 2 · GCAT (J. McDowell)
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Launch and satellite data: Jonathan McDowell's GCAT (CC BY 4.0) and CelesTrak. Rockets, spacecraft and agencies: Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs and Wikidata. News headlines link to their publishers via the Spaceflight News API and RSS feeds. Records come from several sources and are matched automatically, so treat the directory as a research aid, not an authority. How the data is built and checked.