The National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) is the national space agency of Nigeria. Its Headquarters is situated in Abuja, where the ground station and other facilities are located. The agency currently boasts of three satellites with various capacities. There are also plans to build a 25m Optical Radio Telescope in Nsukka. The telescope was expected to be built in 2014, but the current state of that program is uncertain. It is also expected that Nigeria will launch its own satellite in the next 3-5 years. Written by T.Adeniyi for BBB
Satellites
1) NigeriaSat-1 (Disaster Monitoring Constellation System) De-Orbited
2) NigeriaSat-2 (High Resolution earth monitoring satellite (Mapping) Launched 17 August 2011
3) NigComSat-1 (Africa's first communications satellite)
4) NigComSat-1R (Communications Satellite) Launched 19 December 2011
5) Nigerian Pico Satellite (Monitoring and Disaster Management) Launch 2015
6) NigeriaSat-X (Earth monitoring satellite (Disaster Relief) Launched 17 August 2011
7) NigComSat-2 (Communications Satellite) Launch 2015
8) NigComSat-3 (Communications Satellite) Launch 2015
9) NigeriaSar-1 (Security Satellite - Synthetic Aperture Radar) Launch 2015
In Use, No longer in Use, Yet to launch
Satellites
1) NigeriaSat-1 (Disaster Monitoring Constellation System) De-Orbited
2) NigeriaSat-2 (High Resolution earth monitoring satellite (Mapping) Launched 17 August 2011
3) NigComSat-1 (Africa's first communications satellite)
4) NigComSat-1R (Communications Satellite) Launched 19 December 2011
5) Nigerian Pico Satellite (Monitoring and Disaster Management) Launch 2015
6) NigeriaSat-X (Earth monitoring satellite (Disaster Relief) Launched 17 August 2011
7) NigComSat-2 (Communications Satellite) Launch 2015
8) NigComSat-3 (Communications Satellite) Launch 2015
9) NigeriaSar-1 (Security Satellite - Synthetic Aperture Radar) Launch 2015
In Use, No longer in Use, Yet to launch