Key statistics
Satellite NIGERIASAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
8013
Days in orbit
Revolutions
≈ 14.9
Per day
Orbit
SSO
Sun Synchronous Orbit
Inclination
98.0
Latest
Satellite identification and parameters
Extended collection of information and parameters for NIGERIASAT 1.
Object identification
Identified? True
Debris? False
Object name: NIGERIASAT 1
International designator: 2003-042C
Object number (NORAD): 27941
Object ID (CCSDS): 27941
Country: NIGERIA (NIG)
Current information (Y/N): Y
RCS size: MEDIUM
Orbital parameters
Period: 96.704 minutes
Inclination: 98.0067 deg
SMA: 6978.959 km
Apoapsis: 631.394 km
Periapsis: 570.254 km
RAAN: 69.3407 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00438032
Argument of periapsis: 151.7528 deg
Mean anomaly: 208.6078 deg
Mean motion: 14.89075869 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003909 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00041360753 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Sept. 3, 2025, 10:15 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Sept. 3, 2025, 2 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NIGERIASAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 27941U 03042C 25246.08402449 .00003909 00000-0 41361-3 0 9991
TLE line 2: 2 27941 98.0067 69.3407 0043803 151.7528 208.6078 14.89075869181087
Live tracking on map
Real-time ground track for satellite NIGERIASAT 1.
In-orbit conjunctions
A list of the most updated potential collisions computed for object NIGERIASAT 1.
Associated space launch
Mozhayets 4 (RS 22) was also a training satellite built by the Mozhaisky military academy. It also tested components to be used in upgraded GLONASS satellites.
NIGERIASAT 1 was lifted into orbit during the mission ‘Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4’, on board a Kosmos-3M space rocket.
The launch took place on Sept. 27, 2003, 6:11 a.m. from 132/1 (132L).
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Kosmos-3M | Mozhaets-4
Agency: N/A
Status: Launch Successful
Launch date: Sept. 27, 2003, 6:11 a.m. UTC
Rocket: Kosmos-3M
Launch pad: 132/1 (132L)
Location: Plesetsk Cosmodrome, Russian Federation
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