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Nigerian Surveillance Satellites

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  • Nigerian Surveillance Satellites

The Nigeria Sat-1 was the first Nigerian satellite. The satellite was launched by Cosmos – 3M rocket from the Russian Plesetsk space part on 27th September 2003. Nigeria Sat-1 was part of the World Wide Disaster Monitoring Constellation System.

The primary objectives of Nigeria Sat-1 were to:

  • give early warning signals of environmental disasters
  • help detect and control desertification in the northern part of Nigeria

 

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