NIGERIASAT-2

NORAD 37789· COSPAR 2011-044B· Active satellite· Other / Unclassified· SSO

Launch

Launched on Aug 17, 2011 from 370/13, Russia aboard a Dnepr 1.

Dnepr 1 | Sich-2 →

Live · TLE epoch 2026-09-08 15:13 UTC

Orbit class

SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)

Operator

—

Country

Nigeria

Manufacturer

—

Launched

Aug 17, 2011

Mass

—

Apogee

684 km

Perigee

643 km

Inclination

97.89°

Period

1.63 h

Altitude history

Apogee and perigee for NIGERIASAT-2 across 14 days of archived orbital elements (15 element sets, one per day).

Trend

Stable

Change

-0.0 km

Rate

-0.00 km/day

Now

643 × 684 km

Apogee Perigee

Derived from our own archive of CelesTrak orbital elements, sampled every 3 hours. Short windows show drag and station-keeping; they are not a reentry prediction.

Launched with

4 other catalogued objects still in orbit from launch 2011-044 (Dnepr 1 | Sich-2).

NIGERIASAT-X · 37790
RASAT · 37791
APRIZESAT 5 · 37792
APRIZESAT 6 · 37793

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