Payload
NIGCOMSAT 1R
OperationalPayloadGEO
NIGCOMSAT 1R is a NigComSat payload satellite, launched on December 19, 2011 into GEO.
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Launch
- Launch date
- December 19, 2011 at 04:41 PM UTC
- Launch site
- XICLF
- Launched by
- Long March 3B/E →
- Operator
- China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
- Launch record
- View full launch →
Orbit
- Orbit regime
- GEO
- Apoapsis
- 35,796 km
- Periapsis
- 35,776 km
- Inclination
- 0.05°
- Orbital period
- 1436.08 min
Spacecraft
- Operator
- NigComSat
- Manufacturer
- China Academy of Space Technology (CAST)
- Users
- Commercial
- Launch mass
- 5,086 kg
- Design lifetime
- 15 years
Identity
- COSPAR (Int'l)
- 2011-077A
- NORAD catalog №
- 38014
- Object type
- Payload
- Owner / operator
Nigeria- Radar cross-section
- 18.4944 m²
- Status
- Operational
