Key statistics
Satellite NIGERIASAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
7894
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: 96.73 minutes
Inclination: 98.0036 deg
SMA: 6980.172 km
Apoapsis: 632.53 km
Periapsis: 571.545 km
RAAN: 309.8745 deg
Eccentricy: 0.0043685
Argument of periapsis: 179.4398 deg
Mean anomaly: 180.6875 deg
Mean motion: 14.88687469 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.0000223 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00024104 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: May 8, 2025, 3:01 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: May 7, 2025, 8:51 p.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NIGERIASAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 27941U 03042C 25127.86887652 .00002230 00000-0 24104-3 0 9990
TLE line 2: 2 27941 98.0036 309.8745 0043685 179.4398 180.6875 14.88687469163493
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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