Saudisat 1A

Also known as: Saudi Oscar 41 (SO-41)

Carries a HAM payload and an Aprizestar commercial payload (400 MHz band).

Prime contractor	Saudi Institute for Space Research at KACST (King Abdulaziz City for Science and Tech), Riyadh
Platform
Operator	KACST Space Research Institute
Mass at launch	10 kg
Mass in orbit
Dimension	23 cm cube
Solar array	none, Solar cells
Stabilization
DC power	batteries
Design lifetime

Saudisat-1a and Saudisat-1b (Saudi Arabian Satellite) are the first Saudi Arabian micro satellites. They are designed and built by the Space Research Institute at King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
They are both low Earth orbiting Satellites designed to provide store-and-forward communications and carry several space experiments. They carry amateur radio communications payload.The satellites are currently operating some experments. When opened to the public, the amateur payload will operating in mode-J.
Downlink: 436.775 MHz LHCP 1 Watt,
Uplink: 145.850 MHz linear

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