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National Space Research and Development Agency

National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) is Nigeria's national space research and development agency, based at the Obasanjo Space Center in Abuja and operating under a public space R&D mandate.^[1]^[2] Its formal establishment date is 5 May 1999, with 1998 and 2001 also used in early-history references for related programme and funding milestones.^[3]^[1] NASRDA's EO mission line includes NigeriaSat-1, NigeriaSat-2, and NigeriaSat-X, with mission dates recorded as 2003, 2011, and 2011 respectively.^[3] NigeriaSat-X is the agency's Nigerian-engineered milestone within that EO line.^[3]

Operates

NigeriaSat-1Ended
Launched 2003-09-27 / 675 x 694 km, 98.21 deg sun-synchronous LEO / 3 day revisit / 600 km swath
NigeriaSat-2Extended operations
Launched 2011-08-17 / 693 x 728 km, 98.26 deg sun-synchronous LEO / 300 km swath
NigeriaSat-XExtended operations
Launched 2011-08-17 / Sun-synchronous, about 700 km / 600 km swath

Sources

[1]NASRDA Official Websiteagency doc2026-06-20
[2]IAF - NASRDA Member Profilethird party2026-06-20
[3]NASRDA - Wikipediacommunity2026-06-20

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@misc{eoatlas:companies:nasrda,
  title = {National Space Research and Development Agency},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/companies/nasrda}
}