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NIGERIASAT-1

NORAD 27941 · Payload · In orbit since 2003

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Launched
2003-09-27 · Plesetsk, Russia
Country / operator
NIG (Other / intl)
Object type
Payload
Purpose
Optical imaging
Mass
80 kg
Size
0.6 × 0.6 m · 6.6 m deployed
Orbit class
LEO (< 2,000 km)
Perigee × Apogee
567 × 626 km
Inclination
98.0°
Period
96.5 min
Eccentricity
0.0042
Orbit data
Reconstructed from catalog orbit

Mass, size and purpose from GCAT (J. McDowell, CC BY 4.0).

Same launch

Other objects cataloged from the same launch day and site: co-passengers and the rocket body.