NIGERIASAT-1

NORAD ID: 27941

COSPAR ID: 2003-042C

Country: Nigeria

Active: No

Details

Use: Government

Purpose: Earth Observation

Operator: National Space Research and Development Agency

Mass: 100 kg

Description: NIGERIASAT-1 was Nigeria's first Earth observation satellite, part of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), providing imagery for disaster monitoring, urban planning, and agriculture.

Orbit

Orbit Class: LEO

Launch Information

Date: 2003/09/27 06:12:00 (UTC)

Country: Russian Federation

Site: Plesetsk Cosmodrome

Provider: Kosmotras

Vehicle: Dnepr