nigeria launched its first satellite nigeriasat-1 on 27 september 2003.
when did nigeria launched its first satellite nigeriasat-1?
27 september 2003
the nigerian government has commissioned the overseas production and launch of four satellites. the nigeriasat-1 was the first satellite to be built under the nigerian government sponsorship. the satellite was launched from russia on 27 september 2003. nigeriasat-1 was part of the worldwide disaster monitoring constellation system. the primary objectives of the nigeriasat-1 were: to give early warning signals of environmental disaster; to help detect and control desertification in the northern part of nigeria; to assist in demographic planning; to establish the relationship between malaria vectors and the environment that breeds malaria and to give early warning signals on future outbreaks of meningitis using remote sensing technology; to provide the technology needed to bring education to all parts of the country through distant learning; and to aid in conflict resolution and border disputes by mapping out state and international borders.
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the project was supported by kyushu institute of technology (kit) as part of the joint global multi-nation birds satellite project, which is a cross-border interdisciplinary satellite project for non-spacefaring countries supported by japan. the university also partnered with the national space research and development agency (nasrda) abuja, and nigeria. the five satellites built by the five different countries were all identical in their design.





























nigeria has a history with satellites in space. "nigeriasat-1", "nigeriasat-2", "nigeriasat-x", "nigcomsat-1", and "nigcomsat-1r" were ordered by the nigerian government, but were not built by nigeria.





























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