NIGERIASAT 1

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NIGERIASAT 1 is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 27941

Int'l Code: 2003-042C

Perigee: 594.5 km

Apogee: 665.1 km

Inclination: 97.9 °

Period: 97.2 minutes

Semi major axis: 7000 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   21297.42187126  .00000204  00000-0  31862-4 0  9994
2 27941  97.9045 100.7202 0050395  74.8708 285.8072 14.82110011971904

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC