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- 18 Jun 2020
Nigeria to Launch New Satellite to Replace NigeriaSat-2
Nigeria Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has announced that the country is working on launching a new satellite to replace NigeriaSat-2. NigeriaSat-2 was launched alongside NigeriaSat-X…
- 7 Jun 2021
Grace Sustaining Nigeria’s Satellite in Orbit- NASRDA
Halilu Shaba, director-general, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), has said that Nigeria’s satellite expired 3 years ago but still functioning by ”grace”. This is coming after a…
- 6 Apr 2021
Half of Nigeria’s Satellites no Longer in Orbit- Report
NigeriaSat-1, NigComSat-1, and EduSat-1 - three Nigerian satellite are no longer in orbit, according to findings by Space in Africa which produces authoritative business and market analysis reports…
- 22 Nov 2012
N10Bn Satellites Idle as NASA Capture Images of Flooding
Nigeria’s multi-billion naira earth observations satellites were on recess and failed to provide update information and pictures during the recent heavy floods which killed 431 people and displaced…
- 24 Jun 2021
NASRDA Seeks Increased Funding to Achieve Space Objectives
Dr Halilu Ahmed Shaba, chief executive officer/ director general, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), has solicited for intensified funding of the agency’s activities in order to…
- 1 Dec 2025
Terrorists Have Switched from Mobile Phones to Satellite- Based Communication- NASRDA
National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has revealed that terrorist groups operating in the country have migrated from conventional mobile networks to satellite-based communication…
- 19 May 2017
Nigeria Plans To Launch Africa’s First Nanosatellite
Nigeria is to launch Africa’s first nanosatellite (an artificial satellite with a wet mass between one and 10 kg 2.2–22 lb) into the orbit, Prof Seidu Mohammed, director-general, National Space…
- 15 Oct 2012
NASRDA Mulls Law on Space Regulation
Nigeria has concluded legal frameworks to licence space activities in the country including a register where every space-related subjects would be recorded, Nigeria CommunciationsWeek can now report.…
- 31 Jan 2017
Concerns over FG’s "Eavesdropping" Satellites
The federal government has said that it will go ahead to build and launch two new satellites, despite an alleged loss of about $10 billion to foreign geospatial information sourcing firms due to what…
- 11 Oct 2012
NASRDA Calls for Mapping, Inventory of Flood Plains
Dr Seidu Mohammed, director-general, National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) has urged the Federal Government to do comprehensive mapping and inventory of flood plains in the country.…
- 6 Oct 2008
As Nigeria Sat-1 Lifespan Expires
Nigeria made its debut in satellite space technology on September 27, 2003 when it launched Sat-1 aboard a Russian rocket. The launch, at Plesetsk cosmodrome was watched live on television by…