# SaudiSat-3 spacecraft bus
*bus . products*

Mission-specific KACST spacecraft platform used for the 200 kg SaudiSat-3 Earth-observation and data-relay mission.

## Specifications
- **product status**: retired
- **deployment context**: orbital
- **manufacturer**: kacst
- **bus**: {"form_factor":"mission-specific microsatellite bus","platform_class":"mini"}
- **entity type**: bus
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-26
- **verified by**: community
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: kacst
- **attributes**: {"kind":"bus","product_status":"retired","deployment_context":"orbital","manufacturer":"kacst","description":"Mission-specific KACST spacecraft platform used for the 200 kg SaudiSat-3 Earth-observation and data-relay mission.","bus":"{\"form_factor\":\"mission-specific microsatellite bus\",\"platform_class\":\"mini\"}"}
- **relevance**: in-scope

## Editorial
SaudiSat-3 bus is the mission-specific KACST spacecraft platform for a 200 kg SaudiSat-3 Earth-observation and technology satellite.[^gunter-saudisat3] That mass places the platform in the mini orbital class.[^gunter-saudisat3] The spacecraft carried high-resolution imaging payloads, making the bus relevant as the host platform for SaudiSat-3's Earth-observation mission profile.[^gunter-saudisat3] The same mission carried high-resolution imagers from SUNspace and KACST Space Research Institute.[^gunter-saudisat3]

## Compositional position
- saudisat-3 (missions) --[mission_buses]--> SaudiSat-3 spacecraft bus

## Sources
- [gunter-saudisat3] | SaudiSat-3, Gunter Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/saudisat-3.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-26

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