NIGCOMSAT 1R
Launch
Launched on Dec 19, 2011 from Launch Complex 2 (LC-2), China aboard a Long March 3B/E.
Long March 3B/E | NigComSat-1R →Live · TLE epoch 2026-10-23 22:16 UTC
Orbit class
GEO — Geostationary (~35,786 km, equatorial)
Operator
—
Country
Nigeria
Manufacturer
—
Launched
Dec 19, 2011
Mass
—
Apogee
35,810 km
Perigee
35,780 km
Inclination
0.02°
Period
23.94 h
Altitude history
Apogee and perigee for NIGCOMSAT 1R across 148 days of archived orbital elements (150 element sets, one per day).
Trend
Raising
Change
+2.3 km
Rate
+0.02 km/day
Now
35781 × 35810 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.
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