NigeriaSat 1 [SSTL]
Official name NIGERIASAT 1
Alternative name NigeriaSat-1
Cospar ID 2003-042C
Norad ID 27941
Launch date 2003-09-27
Launch site PKMTR
Launch vehicle Kosmos-3M
Country/Organization Nigeria
Type application Earth Observation
RCS size MEDIUM
Decay date ON ORBIT
Period (min) 96.93
Inclination (deg) 97.99
Perigee (km) 581
Apogee (km) 643
Eccentricity 0.0506535947712418
Mean motion (revs. per day) 14.8560817084494
Semi-Major axis (km) 6990.135
Raan (deg) 300.305
Arg of perigee (deg) 303.6761
Shape Box + 1 Arm
Mass (kg) 80
Height (m) 0.6
Width (m) 0.6
Depth (m) 0.6
Span (m^2) 6.6
Contractors SSTL
Equipment 32-meter resolution imager in 3 spectral bands
Configuration Microsat-100
Power Solar cells, batteries

NigeriaSat 1 is the Nigerian contribution to the international Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) project. It is an earth observing microsatellite built by SSTL on the Microsat-100 platform. It features a 32-meter resolution imager in 3 spectral bands.

The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) is a novel international co-operation in space, led by SSTL bringing together organizations from seven countries: Algeria, China, Nigeria, Thailand, Türkiye (Turkey), the United Kingdom and Vietnam. The DMC Consortium is forming the first-ever microsatellite constellation bringing remarkable Earth observation capabilities both nationally to the individual satellite owners, and internationally to benefit world-wide humanitarian aid efforts.

Satellite COSPAR Date LS Launch Vehicle Remarks
NIGERIASAT 1 2003-042C 2003-09-27 PKMTR Kosmos-3M with STSAT 1, Bilsat 1, UK-DMC 1, Mozhayets 4, Larets, Rubin 4-DSI