NIGERIASAT 1

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NIGERIASAT 1 is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 27941

Int'l Code: 2003-042C

Perigee: 587.4 km

Apogee: 650.9 km

Inclination: 98.0 °

Period: 96.9 minutes

Semi major axis: 6990 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   24116.04410909  .00004477  00000-0  51555-3 0  9999
2 27941  97.9853 289.5624 0045438 339.2845  20.6526 14.85498875107413

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC