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NigeriaSat-X

NigeriaSat-X is a Nigerian Earth-observation mission launched on 2011-08-17 with NigeriaSat-2.^[1] The spacecraft uses the SSTL-100 platform in a sun-synchronous orbit of about 700 km.^[2] Its imager is associated with a 600 km swath for resource management, crop monitoring, mapping, and disaster-relief imaging.^[3] The mission supports land-cover change, crop-type mapping, and disaster-damage assessment use cases.^[4]

Full specification

All fields

current status	Extended operations
operator	National Space Research and Development Agency
platform	SSTL-100 bus
launch vehicle	Dnepr
Launched	2011-08-17
orbit type	Sun-synchronous, about 700 km
swath km	600
tasking supported	No
current geographic priority	Nigeria resource management, crop monitoring, mapping and disaster-relief imaging

Supply chain position

built on platform SSTL-100 bus

operated by National Space Research and Development Agency

launched on Dnepr

related to Land cover change

related to Crop-type mapping

related to Disaster damage assessment

Sources

[1]Launch date set for NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites, SSTLoperator press2026-06-21
[2]NX (NigeriaSat-X), Gunter's Space Pagecommunity2026-06-21
[3]SSTL successfully launches two further Earth observation satellites for Nigeriaoperator press2026-06-21
[4]Nigerian-built satellite acquires first image just days after launch, SSTLoperator press2026-06-21
[5]NigeriaSAT-X, NASRDA space missionsagency doc2026-10-19

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@misc{eoatlas:missions:nigeriasat-x,
  title = {NigeriaSat-X},
  author = {{EO-Atlas}},
  publisher = {SpectraWorks B.V.},
  note = {CC BY 4.0},
  url = {https://eo-atlas.org/missions/nigeriasat-x}
}