REAL image of Nigeria Sat X

Nigerian-built satellite acquires first image just days after launch

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The Nigerian-built satellite, NigeriaSat-X, has acquired its first satellite image just three days after the successful launch on 17th August.

Revealing buildings and the landscape surrounding the city of Auckland, New Zealand, this image demonstrates that the satellite’s enhanced 22m wide-area multi-spectral imagery for mapping, agricultural monitoring and disaster relief programmes works well.

NigeriaSat-X was built by engineers from Nigeria’s National Space Rese


http://www.technologyavenue.com.ng/web3.0/2011/08/26/nigerian-built-satellite-acquires-first-image-just-days-after-launch/

Litmus:

Most likely Nigerian Engineers did quite a lot to build the thing. Anyone who knows anything about white people, media and reporting, will tell you that they, whites, often severely underplay the achievements of ethnic minorities and take a huge credit themselves for everything. Thus for instance the British fought and brought peace to Sierra Leone in only two weeks but Nigeria played no part.  So it has gone down in history that the British brought an end to the war in Sierra Leone.


If Nigeria is mentioned in any article to do with this satellite, and whites are involved, then it is almost certain that they do so  only because Nigeria did quite a lot. Whites always take as much credit as they can for things, study the news and try and remember past events and let it inform your future thinking.

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Picture of Nigeria Sat X before orbiting.
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=34307

Have we built the necessary infrastructure on the ground to use this information. All we seem to have is a control centre in Abuja.

If we had simply used weather balloons and weather stations with a weather system the vital information would spread better and technology transfer and knowledge building will be organic.

Instead we go for this "orgasmic" infantile ambition of launching a White elephant. Next thing people would sit down and be dependent on Abuja to spread the information. The regions and states would continue to be dependent on Abuja. We know how well that has worked out historically.

Abuja, in turn, depends on Russia and UK to replace, monitor and control the satellite.

Economic growth and development can only happen organically, aptly aided by things we can copy easily and support locally.

This "space program" is just one great big "masturbxtion"!

Litmus:

Most likely Nigerian Engineers did quite a lot to build the thing. Anyone who knows anything about white people, media and reporting, will tell you that they, whites, often severely underplay the achievements of ethnic minorities and take a huge credit themselves for everything. Thus for instance the British fought and brought peace to Sierra Leone in only two weeks but Nigeria played no part.  So it has gone down in history that the British brought an end to the war in Sierra Leone.


If Nigeria is mentioned in any article to do with this satellite, and whites are involved, then it is almost certain that they do so  only because Nigeria did quite a lot. Whites always take as much credit as they can for things, study the news and try and remember past events and let it inform your future thinking.

It could also be a deliberate attempt to massive contractors ego to get future contracts, this is good pr for nasrda and sstl, there are cheaper satellite builders out there, they wont want to lose to the chinese

_{Damn i hate being cynical!}

SAT X
WILL THAT BRING SOLUTION TO NIGERIA PROBLEMS , I MEAN THIS BOKO HAMER OF A THING
IF YES FINE IF NOT , SAT X MY FOOT

What a comedy.

We have had a satellite program since 2007 with nothing to show for it. The FG even incoporated a company called Nigeria communications satellite limited (NigComSat) to offer satellite communication services and bandwidth and 4 years later, the "company" cannot boast of a single customer. Yet all of its workforce are paid every month. This was a "company" started with a 250 million dollar loan from China in 2007. I weep for Nigeria

If they want to learn how a satellite company operates, they should learn from IntelSat, Immersat, Directv, Dish Networkand DSTV and not some bogus political white elephant called NigComSat limited. Our posterity will be repaying debt on a bogus undertaking that had no impact on their lives as similar to every other failed government run enterprise in Nigeria that was killed by national ineptitude. 

I don't see the immediate benefit of this satellite, that is not not our most pressing need as a nation

Hurray, another elephant contract that probably cost 500% more that would be of little use. Built and would be maintained by British scientists with some Nigerian 'engineers' serving operators. Hurray!! Share the money!!!

Cynism so thick i can almost smell it!

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uyakachi:

SAT X
WILL THAT BRING SOLUTION TO NIGERIA PROBLEMS , I MEAN THIS BOKO HAMER OF A THING
IF YES FINE IF NOT , SAT X MY FOOT

seriously, I know that FRSC did use satellite mapping for end of year route monitoring and evaluation. It must have saved some lives. doesn't that count

@ ekt bear, nuff respect, even though i do not always agree with you.




@ wallie you killed it with this

Nigerians could have worked in “building” the satellite. There are millions of lines of codes that have to be written for the different modules that make up the satellite. I have zero doubt that the satellite was “designed” by the British and it is probably similar to other satellites that they have built in the past. Most of the knowledge required to build such a satellite are acquired on the job. All you need is an engineer that you can give specific instructions (specification) to for implementation.

The picture referenced earlier showed a wafer processing facility that is usually manned by trained technicians (not engineers). The engineers do most of the design work and the technicians implement the design.

What the Nigerians did could have been as simple as screwing different modules together and collecting test data but it could also be complex as analyzing data and designing specific modules. Either way, you can easily train the “right” person to build the satellite.

clearly you know what you re talking about.

there is hope

I am just wondering why it was launched in Russia and not in 9ja.

nigeria should forget this satellite of a thing if the one they are launching is not meant to provide internet, tv services and phone calls

@ KaloKalo

Do not expose your ignorance. DirectTV and DSTV are not satellite companies. DSTV leased 20 transponders from a french satellite company called Eutelsat. The satelitte is a communication satellite called w7. There also have w4 and other fleets of satellites. The Nigerian Communication satellite (NIGCOMSAT-1) built by the chinese was de-orbited in November 2008 after the solar arrays assembly failed, it was the first satellite exported by the chinese government. The Nigeria satellite company had customers before the failure of the satellite, if you read the papers shortly after the event; one of the customers was furious and made damaging remarks against NIGCOMSAT Ltd. All over the world bandwidth has never been sufficient, a Nigerian communication satellite is supposed to provide a certain amount of bandwidth, internet service provider or Direct to Home providers like HiTV or DSTV can lease such bandwidth. Telecom companies too can lease bandwidth for backup or backhaul. You may or may not have a direct benefit from a satellite company cos you liken DSTV to a satellite company. Rather your benefits are reduced tariff, if the service providers pay less for bandwidth or direct benefit like satellite phones. Back to the topic, it is commendable that Nigeria engineers built a NigeriasatX. Note that Nigeriasat 2 replaces Nigeriasat 1, the satX is experimental. Remember the space program was initiated by Obasanjo, he tried his best to revive the telecom sector, the financial and power sector and felt the space program especially the satellite communication can improve the ICT sector like the telecom sector. Though it is unfortunate that NIGCOMSAT-1 failed, lets not despair and give it a second chance as the replacement comes up in December. It will surely generate money for the economy as bandwidth is never sufficient and possibly generate more employment no matter how little.

Good post until you said OBJ "tried his best" . . . . How would you know that?

nateevs:

Good post until you said OBJ "tried his best" . . . . How would you know that?

How would you know he didn't try his best?

Na so you hate the man reach?

goggs:

How would you know he didn't try his best?
Na so you hate the man reach?

Unless you have mystic powers, how could you come to the conclusion that I "know he didn't try his best"?

hmmm. . .


Why was this in the business/money section?