Spacecraft information: NIGERIASAT-1

Launch Details
Launched 26 September 2003
Flight ended
Status Non-operational
Launch site Plesetsk Missile and Space Complex, Russia
Owner Nigeria
NORAD ID 27941
COSPAR ID 2003-042C
Observing

Current orbital elements

Inclination 98.005°
Eccentricity 0.00427
RA ascending node 22.195 hr
Argument perigee 19.474°
Mean anomaly 340.809°
Orbital period 96.628 min
Epoch of osculation 21 May 2026, 11:47

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Derived Quantities

Min Altitude 574.5 km
Mean Altitude 604.3 km
Peak Altitude 634.1 km

Orbital History

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South El Monte

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34.05°N
118.05°W
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