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RE: NigeriaSat-X satellite

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Nigerian-built satellite acquires first image just days after launch

The Nigerian-built satellite, NigeriaSat-X, has acquired its first satellite image just three days after the successful launch on 17th August.
Revealing buildings and the landscape surrounding the city of Auckland, New Zealand, this image demonstrates that the satellites enhanced 22m wide-area multi-spectral imagery for mapping, agricultural monitoring and disaster relief programmes works well.
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NIGERIASAT X
1 37790U 11044C   11230.84893496 -.00000051  00000-0  00000+0 0   126
2 37790 098.2616 304.3780 0028942 337.5855 022.4063 14.65024589   221

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SSTL successfully launches two further Earth observation satellites

SSTL's NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites were successfully launched today at 07:12:20 UTC onboard a Dnepr rocket from Yasny in southern Russia. The highly advanced Earth observation satellites will significantly boost African capabilities for natural resource management, as well as aid disaster relief through the Disaster Monitoring Constellation.
Following confirmation of separation from the launch vehicle, ground stations in Abuja and Guildford established contact with NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X respectively and commissioning of the satellites in their 686 km sun-synchronous orbit is now progressing.
The two satellites, built under contract with the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), will provide Nigeria with the ability to enhance food security through monthly crop monitoring, assist with burgeoning urban planning demands and, through the development of engineering skills, will advance the growth of new technologies in Nigeria.
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