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NigeriaSat-1

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NigeriaSat-1 was a Nigerian Earth-observation mission launched on 2003-09-27 for disaster response and land-cover applications.^[1] The spacecraft flew in a 675 x 694 km, 98.21 degree sun-synchronous low Earth orbit on the SSTL-100 platform.^[2] Its SLIM-6 line imager provided a 600 km swath with a three-day revisit cadence, supporting Disaster Monitoring Constellation response and land-cover-change work.^[1] The mission ended on 2012-10-29.^[2]

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current status	ended
operator	National Space Research and Development Agency
platform	sstl-100
launch vehicle	roscosmos-kosmos-3m
Launched	2003-09-27
actual end of life	2012-10-29
orbit type	675 x 694 km, 98.21 deg sun-synchronous LEO
swath km	600
revisit days	3
tasking supported	false
current geographic priority	Nigeria and international Disaster Monitoring Constellation disaster response
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

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Compositional position

this ——— slim-6-line-imager payload

this ——— SSTL-100 bus bus

this ——— Disaster damage assessment related-topic

this ——— Land cover change related-topic

Sources

[1]NigeriaSAT-1, NASRDA space missionsagency doc2026-06-21
[2]NigeriaSat 1, Gunter Space Pagecommunity2026-06-21

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