| Satellite | SARI-1 (Ufuq) |
|---|---|
| Spacecraft type | PocketQube |
| Units or mass | PocketQube 1p |
| Status | Operational? (No information found as of 2025-12-27) |
| Launched | 2025-11-28 |
| NORAD ID | ? |
| Deployer | Albapod [Alba Orbital] |
| Launcher | Falcon 9 (Transporter-15) (Alba Cluster) |
| Organisation | Umm Al-Qura University |
| Institution | University |
| Entity type | Academic / Education |
| Country | Saudi Arabia |
| Partners | Ideia Space |
| Oneliner |
Tracks space weather & solar radiation to improve navigation systems. |
| Description |
“Ufuq” – tracks space weather & solar radiation to improve navigation systems. SARI-1 & SARI-2 come from the Saudi Space Agency’s Sari competition, a national initiative for undergraduate teams to design, build, and operate their own satellite. The program was launched to encourage STEM education and inspire future generations in the space sector. The satellites were designed by students of Umm Al-Qura University and Prince Sultan University as part of the SARI competition for building and designing small satellites. The selected satellites will be the result of months of engineering and testing by a university student team. The expected payloads include, space-based imaging, real-time telemetry, IoT data experiments, and educational research modules. The Saudi Space Agency will support the teams throughout development via mentoring, technical workshops and lab facilities This mission showcases how PocketQubes serve as a powerful leaning platform, enabling students to gain invaluable hands on experience with a fully operational satellite |
| Notes |
Affiliation may be wrongly matched. Students were from those universities but satellites could be by the Saudi Space Agency. |
| Sources | [1] [2] [3] |
| Photo sources | [1] [2] |
| On the same launch |
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Last modified: 2026-01-04
