NIGERIASAT 1

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NIGERIASAT 1 is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 27941

Int'l Code: 2003-042C

Perigee: 576.9 km

Apogee: 635.8 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 96.7 minutes

Semi major axis: 6977 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   25340.61409916  .00003884  00000-0  40633-3 0  9994
2 27941  98.0016 164.9666 0042199 201.2315 158.7152 14.89595810195156

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC