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NigeriaSat-2

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NigeriaSat-2 is a Nigerian Earth-observation mission launched on 2011-08-17 for resource management, mapping, agriculture, water resources, health-hazard monitoring, and disaster mitigation.^[1] The spacecraft flies in a 693 x 728 km, 98.26 degree sun-synchronous low Earth orbit on the SSTL-300 platform.^[1] Its Earth-observation payload is associated with a 300 km swath and supports disaster-damage assessment, land-cover change, crop-type mapping, and urban-change applications.^[2]

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current status	extended
operator	National Space Research and Development Agency
platform	sstl-300
launch vehicle	dnepr
Launched	2011-08-17
orbit type	693 x 728 km, 98.26 deg sun-synchronous LEO
swath km	300
tasking supported	false
current geographic priority	African resource management, Nigerian mapping, agriculture, water resources, health hazard monitoring, and disaster mitigation
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

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Compositional position

this ——— nigeriasat-2-earth-observation-payload payload

this ——— SSTL-300 bus bus

this ——— Disaster damage assessment related-topic

this ——— Land cover change related-topic

this ——— Crop-type mapping related-topic

this ——— Urban change related-topic

Sources

[1]NigeriaSAT-2, NASRDA space missionsagency doc2026-06-21
[2]NigeriaSat 2, Gunter Space Pagecommunity2026-06-21
[3]History of space in Africa, Wikipediathird party2026-06-21

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