Payload
NIGCOMSAT 1
NonoperationalPayloadGEO
NIGCOMSAT 1 is a Nigeria payload satellite, launched on May 13, 2007 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- May 13, 2007 at 04:01 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B/E →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Mission
- Nigcomsat 1
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,828 km
- Periapsis
- 35,784 km
- Inclination
- 11.86°
- Orbital period
- 1437.1 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- Nigeria
- Launch mass
- 5,086 kg
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2007-018A
- NORAD catalog №
- 31395
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Nigeria- Radar cross-section
- 7.1905 m²
- Status
- Nonoperational
End of mission
- Fate
- No longer operational — remains in orbit as inactive.
- Final status
- Nonoperational
