NigeriaSat-1 Mission

Objectives and Applications

Small satellite mission with technical and scientific objectives (environmental) monitoring.

Mission Summary

Full Name
NigeriaSat-1
Mission Status
Mission complete
Mission Agencies
Launch Date
27 Sep 2003
Mission Links
EOL Date
31 Dec 2010
EO Portal Info

Orbit Details

Orbit Type
Sun-synchronous
Orbit Period
97 minutes
Orbit Sense
Ascending
Orbit Inclination
98 deg
Orbit Altitude
686 km
Orbit Longitude
Orbit LST
10:15
Repeat Cycle
3 days
NORAD Catalog #s
International Designators

Mission Instruments

NigeriaSat Medium Resolution - NigeriaSat Remote Sensing (medium resolution)

Mission Measurements

CategoryParameterInstrument(s)
LandAlbedo and reflectance NigeriaSat Medium Resolution
Multi-purpose imagery (land) NigeriaSat Medium Resolution

Featured Datasets

IMAGE2007 European Coverage
Jan-2007
Coverage captured by the DMC constellation (UK-DMC, Beijing-1 and NigeriaSat-1). Images are derived from 32 m resolution optical images from the SLIM-6 instrument. The products avaliable are L1R: Band registered product derived from the L0R product, and L1T: Orthorectified product derived from the L1R product using manually collected GCPs from IMAGE2000 and SRTM DEM V3.1 data. Access is provided through the ESA TPM scheme. Read more

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