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NORAD ID: 27941
Int'l Code: 2003-042C
Perigee: 602.5 km
Apogee: 676.7 km
Inclination: 97.8 °
Period: 97.4 minutes
Semi major axis: 7010 km
Launch date: September 27, 2003
Source: Nigeria (NIG)
Comments: Primary payload called Spectroscopy of Plasma Evolution from Astrophysical Radiation (SPEAR); will capture first far ultraviolet pictures of hot and glowing gas in Milky Way galaxy.
Two Line Element Set (TLE):
1 27941U 03042C 13138.53964913 .00001209 00000-0 16680-3 0 8645
2 27941 097.7917 343.5386 0052968 039.7644 320.7441 14.79011356515919
Source: AFSPC
NASA's NSSDC Master Catalog entry for NIGERIASAT 1
