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CX2ACB > SAT 24.08.03 00:31l 24 Lines 676 Bytes #999 (0) @ AMSAT
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Subj: Nigeria to Launch own Satellite Next Month
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From: CX2ACB@CX2ACB.MVD.URY.SA
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AMSAT News Service Bulletin 236.03 From AMSAT HQ
SILVER SPRING, MD. August 24, 2003
To All RADIO AMATEURS
BID: $ANS-236.03
Nigeria will next month launch its own satellite, to be used for
surveillance and data gathering, Nigeria's Science and Technology
minister said Wednesday.
The remote sensing satellite will be launched in Russia but mission
control and ground station monitoring will be based in Abuja.
He said a deal for the 13-million-dollar project was sealed in November
2000, adding that 15 Nigerian engineers and scientists had been trained
to handle it.
[ANS thanks Space Daily for the above information.]
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