Key statistics
Satellite NIGERIASAT 1 at a glance.
Uptime
8113
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: 96.668 minutes
Inclination: 98.002 deg
SMA: 6977.227 km
Apoapsis: 628.85 km
Periapsis: 569.335 km
RAAN: 170.6757 deg
Eccentricy: 0.004265
Argument of periapsis: 182.592 deg
Mean anomaly: 177.5083 deg
Mean motion: 14.89630096 rev/day
Mean motion (dot): 0.00003638 rev/day2
B* drag term: 0.00038049368 1/REarth
Two-line elements (TLE)
Creation date: Dec. 12, 2025, 10:14 a.m.
Reference frame: TEME
Reference center: EARTH
Epoch: Dec. 12, 2025, 6:09 a.m. UTC
TLE line 0: 0 NIGERIASAT 1
TLE line 1: 1 27941U 03042C 25346.25663675 .00003638 00000-0 38049-3 0 9999
TLE line 2: 2 27941 98.0020 170.6757 0042650 182.5920 177.5083 14.89630096195991
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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