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17 Sep, 7 tweets, 4 min read
History that deserves to be remembered.

In August 17 2011. Nigeria launched the worlds most advanced earth observation satellite. This is according to Britains Surrey Space Technology Limited.
The satellites are NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X.

They were launched from Russian and was monitored from the ground receiving centre in Abuja. The satellites are expected to beam back images and services to earth using their high resolution imaging capability.
The satellite were built by 26 Nigerian engineers and the 100kg satellite was assembled alongside SSTL engineers in the UK, and within three days the Nigerian-built satellite NigeriaSat-X acquired its first satellite after the successful launch.
NigeriaSat-2 is the most powerful imaging satellite ever sent into orbit.
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NigeriaSat-X is the product of Nigeria's training and development programme at Surrey. It is a great credit to NASRDA and their engineers that this satellite is performing well and its operations are progressing so quickly.
These highly skilled engineers will not only help Nigeria to manage its resources, but also bootstrap its fledgling high tech economy alongside a growing nucleus of highly trained people."

- SSTL Executive Chairman, Sir Martin Sweeting,
Nigeria has been operating satellites since 2003. In fact In 2005 NigeriaSat-1 was the first satellite to send back pictures of the east coast of the US following Hurricane Katrina.

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