SIMBAD was created by merging the Catalog of Stellar Identifications (CSI) and the Bibliographic Star Index as they existed at the Meudon Computer Centre until 1979, and then expanded by additional source data from other catalogues and the academic literature.
SIMBAD dibentuk oleh penggabungan Catalog of Stellar Identifications (CSI) dan Bibliographic Star Index yang masuk dalam Meudon Computer Centre hingga 1979, dan kemudian diperluas dengan data sumber tambahan dari katalog dan sastra akademis lain.