NIGERIASAT-2
Launch
Launched on Aug 17, 2011 from 370/13, Russia aboard a Dnepr 1.
Dnepr 1 | Sich-2 →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-24 06:54 UTC
Orbit class
SSO — Sun-Synchronous (LEO at 96–102° inclination)
Operator
—
Country
Nigeria
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Aug 17, 2011
Mass
—
Apogee
685 km
Perigee
641 km
Inclination
97.90°
Period
1.63 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for NIGERIASAT-2 across 59 days of archived orbital elements (60 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Stable
Change
-0.1 km
Rate
-0.00 km/day
Now
641 × 685 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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