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**Evil_Merlin** · 02-01-2010, 03:18 PM

Nigeria's existing satellites have been launched by China and Russia.

NigeriaSat-1 was the first, launched by Russia in 2003.

NigCOMSAT-1 was the second, launched by China in 2007 and failed later that year and was shut down. More or less NigCOMSAT was just a reused Chinese communications bird that was way out of date and really didn't work right from day one.

And nope, it really is called NigCOMSAT.

02-01-2010, 03:18 PM	#16 (permalink)
Evil_Merlin SOT Post Whore Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Medford, MA Posts: 5,593	Nigeria's existing satellites have been launched by China and Russia. NigeriaSat-1 was the first, launched by Russia in 2003. NigCOMSAT-1 was the second, launched by China in 2007 and failed later that year and was shut down. More or less NigCOMSAT was just a reused Chinese communications bird that was way out of date and really didn't work right from day one. And nope, it really is called NigCOMSAT. __________________ Don't Steal Bikes Bro!