Key statistics
Satellite NIGERIASAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
8059
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: 96.688 minutes
Inclination: 98.0044 deg
SMA: 6978.177 km
Apoapsis: 630.086 km
Periapsis: 569.998 km
RAAN: 116.7778 deg
Eccentricy: 0.00430541
Argument of periapsis: 1.0928 deg
Mean anomaly: 359.0375 deg
Mean motion: 14.89325959 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003407 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00035934734 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Oct. 20, 2025, 2:10 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Oct. 19, 2025, 11:36 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NIGERIASAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 27941U 03042C 25292.98360707 .00003407 00000-0 35935-3 0 9994
TLE line 2: 2 27941 98.0044 116.7778 0043054 1.0928 359.0375 14.89325959188063
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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