NIGERIASAT X

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NIGERIASAT X is classified as:

Disaster monitoring

NORAD ID: 37790

Int'l Code: 2011-044C

Perigee: 689.1 km

Apogee: 706.6 km

Inclination: 97.8 °

Period: 98.6 minutes

Semi major axis: 7068 km

RCS: 0.215 m² (medium)

Launch date: August 17, 2011
Source: Nigeria (NIG)
Launch site: Orenburg, Russia (OREN)

NigeriaSat X was built under a three-year training program between SSTL and Nigeria. More than two dozen Nigerian engineers helped construct and test the 220-pound (100-kg) Earth observation spacecraft at SSTL headquarters.

1 37790U 11044C   26047.44544576  .00000499  00000-0  11123-3 0  9997
2 37790  97.8458  37.8238 0012353   2.3791 357.7467 14.60758563772545

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC