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NigeriaSat-X

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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]

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current status	extended
operator	National Space Research and Development Agency
platform	sstl-100
launch vehicle	dnepr
Launched	2011-08-17
orbit type	Sun-synchronous, about 700 km
swath km	600
tasking supported	false
current geographic priority	Nigeria resource management, crop monitoring, mapping and disaster-relief imaging
Last updated	2026-06-21
claim status	agency-sourced

Where this fits, supply chain

Compositional position

this ——— nigeriasat-x-imager payload

this ——— SSTL-100 bus bus

this ——— Land cover change related-topic

this ——— Crop-type mapping related-topic

this ——— Disaster damage assessment related-topic

Sources

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

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