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Mar 13 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
History that Deserves to Be Remembered.

March 13 2003, Nigeria officially became a space faring nation when it launched its first satellite launched into orbit. Ushering Nigeria into the space age. Nigeria never looked back ever since.
On May 13 2007, Nigeria launched Africa’sfirst communications satellite, NigComsat-1.
Now here is a fact some Nigerians are having a hard time coming to grips with: August 17 2007. Built by Nigerian engineers, NigeriaSat-2, the most powerful imaging satellite ever sent into orbit was launched at the Yasny military base in Russia.
uilt by a team of 26 Nigerian trainee engineers at SSTL's facilities in England, NigeriaSat-X was also launched at the Yasny military base in Russia.

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