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2007 · China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation

Nigcomsat 1

successLong March 3B/E | Nigcomsat 1

Nigerian geostationary communications satellite. It failed in November 2008 and was replaced in 2011 by NIGCOMSAT 1R

Overview

Date / time
May 13, 2007 at 04:01 PM UTC
Outcome
success
Launch site
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Mission
Nigcomsat 1
Mission type
Communications
Orbit achieved
Geostationary Orbit
Launch vehicle
Long March 3B/E →
Launch provider
China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation →

Payloads deployed · 1

NIGCOMSAT 1
GEO