Nigeria's space ambition is gathering momentum as six indigenous base stations are being built to receive telemetry information for two planned sattelite launches later this year. The stations are being built and assembled wholly by Nigerian engineers. 
They will track and receive data from the newly launched sattelites after they are deployed in their appropriate orbital location. With technical expertise gleaned from Surrey, UK Nigeria has built two indigenous sattelites: NIGCOMSAT X and the NIGERIA EDUSAT 1.
The EDUSAT 1 is a nano sattelite with a lifespan of just about 6 months (i think). NASRDA is collaborating with the Federal University of Akure (FUTA) to mass produce and assemble nano sattelites. Nigeria Edusat 1 was launched to the ISS several years back from where
..it was deployed to its appropriate orbital location. The National Space Research and Development Agency plans to launch at least a dozen of these nano sattelites for comprehensive coverage of Nigeria.
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