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NIGERIASAT 1, 27941

Orbit data source: Space-Track

NIGERIASAT 1, 27941 is a payload satellite owned by NASRDA (NG) in SSO that was launched on Sat, 27 Sep 2003 UTC via a KOSMOS 11K65M launch vehicle from the Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR). Payload-class satellites include a variety of spacecraft equipped with specific instruments for various scientific and technological missions. These include communications satellites like Starlink; space stations such as the ISS; scientific satellites like the Hubble; Earth observation satellites from companies like Planet Labs, Umbra, and HawkEye 360; GPS; miniature CubeSats for education and research; and military/defense satellites.

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Identifier

27941, 2003-042C

Orbit

SSO

Last TLE update

10 hours ago

Origin

National Space Research Development Agency, Nigeria (NG / NIG)

Manufacturer

SSTL

Mission

Non-operational Civil Imaging

Bus & Motor

SSTL-100, Unknown motor

Mass

80 kg wet, 80 kg dry

Launch date (UTC)

2003-09-27 (22 years ago)

Launch vehicle

KOSMOS 11K65M

Launch site

Plesetsk Missile And Space Complex (PKMTR)

Object type

Payload

Rocket body

Debris

Shape & HBR

Box + 1 Arm, 6.6 m

Radar Cross Section

0.540 m², Medium (>0.1 m² and < 1m²)

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TLE from 10 hours ago

0 NIGERIASAT 1
1 27941U 03042C   25195.48104689  .00000735  00000-0  83472-4 0  9997
2 27941  98.0046  18.1849 0042490 320.8579  38.9566 14.88893633173557

Epoch: 2025-07-14T11:32Z

TLE epoch observation values (Epoch: 2025-07-14T11:32:42.451Z)

Latitude

0°

Longitude

-87.58128°

Altitude

581.406 km

Speed

7.582 km/s

True Right ascension

01h 12m 44s

True Declination

0° 00' 00"

Sunlit

Object was in daylight at epoch

Visualization orbit readout

Latitude

30.28407°

Longitude

-91.85282°

Altitude

595.528 km

Speed

7.57 km/s

Apparent Right ascension

23h 34m 16s

Apparent Declination

-3° 15' 12"

Sunlit

Object is in daylight

Visualization observer readout

Local Sidereal Time

09:52:59

Azimuth

321.434° NNW

Elevation

-46.769°

Doppler factor

Orbital elements

Apogee altitude

628.068 km

Perigee altitude

568.781 km

Semi-major axis

6,976.562 km

Eccentricity

0.00425

Inclination

98.0046°

RAAN

18.1849°

Arg. of periapsis

320.8579°

True anomaly

Unknown

Mean anomaly

38.9566°

Eccentric anomaly

Unknown

Mean motion

3.72461 °/min

Orbital period

96.65 mins

BSTAR

0.000083472

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NIGERIASAT 1 Visibility forecast

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Span	Click to sort rows by Start time (UTC) header in descending order	Start Az.	Max El. time (UTC)	Max El. Az.	Max El.	End time (UTC)	End Az.
8 mins	2025-07-15 01:00:30.030Z	15.521° NNE	2025-07-15 01:04:30.030Z	91.35° ESE	44.445°	2025-07-15 01:08:30.030Z	189.253° SSW
6 mins	2025-07-15 11:52:30.030Z	143.651° SSE	2025-07-15 11:55:30.030Z	67.153° ENE	37.825°	2025-07-15 11:58:30.030Z	1.91° NNE

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