NIGERIASAT 1

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NIGERIASAT 1 is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 27941

Int'l Code: 2003-042C

Perigee: 578.3 km

Apogee: 638.9 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 96.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6979 km

RCS: 0.321 m² (medium)

Launch date: September 27, 2003
Source: Nigeria (NIG)
Launch site: PLESETSK MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (PKMTR)

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.

1 27941U 03042C   25182.77924653  .00000953  00000-0  10618-3 0  9999
2 27941  98.0043   5.3494 0043469   2.9811 357.1657 14.88869435171662

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC