# NigeriaSat-2
*missions*

## Specifications
- **operator**: nasrda
- **orbit type**: 693 x 728 km, 98.26 deg sun-synchronous LEO
- **launch vehicle**: dnepr
- **current geographic priority**: African resource management, Nigerian mapping, agriculture, water resources, health hazard monitoring, and disaster mitigation
- **current status**: extended
- **actual launch**: 2011-08-17
- **swath km**: 300
- **platform**: sstl-300
- **tasking supported**: false
- **entity type**: mission
- **last verified date**: 2026-06-21
- **verified by**: agency-doc
- **claim status**: agency-sourced
- **provider**: nasrda
- **attributes**: {"operator":"nasrda","orbit_type":"693 x 728 km, 98.26 deg sun-synchronous LEO","launch_vehicle":"dnepr","current_geographic_priority":"African resource management, Nigerian mapping, agriculture, water resources, health hazard monitoring, and disaster mitigation","current_status":"extended","actual_launch":"2011-08-17","swath_km":300,"platform":"sstl-300","tasking_supported":false}

## Editorial
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.[^gunter-nigeriasat-2] The spacecraft flies in a 693 x 728 km, 98.26 degree sun-synchronous low Earth orbit on the SSTL-300 platform.[^gunter-nigeriasat-2] 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.[^nasrda-nigeriasat-2]

## Compositional position
- NigeriaSat-2 --[mission_payloads]--> nigeriasat-2-earth-observation-payload (products)
- NigeriaSat-2 --[mission_buses]--> sstl-300 (products)
- NigeriaSat-2 --[related-topic]--> disaster-damage-assessment (topics)
- NigeriaSat-2 --[related-topic]--> land-cover-change (topics)
- NigeriaSat-2 --[related-topic]--> crop-type (topics)
- NigeriaSat-2 --[related-topic]--> urban-change (topics)

## Sources
- [nasrda-nigeriasat-2] | NigeriaSAT-2, NASRDA space missions | https://central.nasrda.gov.ng/space-missions/nigeriasat-2/ | tier=agency-doc | accessed=2026-06-21
- [gunter-nigeriasat-2] | NigeriaSat 2, Gunter Space Page | https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/nigeriasat-2.htm | tier=community | accessed=2026-06-21
- [history-space-africa] | History of space in Africa, Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_space_in_Africa | tier=third-party | accessed=2026-06-21

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