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| Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Nobody: 4:23am On Nov 04, 2010 |
[size=18pt]Nigeria’s satellite passes global mandatory test [/size] FROM China has come cheery news that the Nigerian Communication Replacement Satellite (NigComSat 1R) has passed the mandatory international spacecraft performance test. Managing Director of Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited, Ahmed Rufai, told The Guardian in Abuja that China Academy of Space Technology (CAST) officials have assured that the in-orbit delivery of the space craft will surpass the requirement and expectations of Nigeria. To check the reoccurrence of the crisis experienced when the former version, NigComSat 1 was de-orbited, NigComSat Ltd announced that it was working on projects for two more satellites that would serve as back-up to the replacements. NigComSat1R spacecraft is a replacement for the NigComSat 1. The spacecraft was designed and manufactured by the CAST, a subsidiary of the China Great Wall Industry Corporation (CGWIC). According to Rufai, “the overall design and manufacture of NigComSat1R is identical to that of NigComSat1 with necessary adaptations to address local market needs. NigComSat1R spacecraft can meet Nigeria’s requirements on communication, broadcast, navigation and broadband access and also provide services for Africa, Europe and Asian continents.” He also assured that as part of the replacement satellite attractions, there was a newly introduced beam over China to realize a direct link between Africa and Asia. His words: “The spacecraft will be operated on geo-stationary orbit at 42.5`E. It will provide 14-Ku band active channels, 4-C band active channels, 8-Ka band active channels and two navigation active channels. The antenna subsystems of the satellite include 2-Ku band deployable antennas, 2 -ka band fixed antennas, 1-C band navigation antenna, 1-L band navigation antenna. “The satellite design life is 15 years and will be launched at Xichang Satellite Centre by a launch March 3B vehicle in November 2011. Great attention was paid by both the Chinese and Nigerian governments in the manufacturing of the spacecraft. “The satellite is being replaced at no cost to Nigeria, as the China Great Wall Industry Corporation is funding it. It is important to note too that the satellite, Nigcomsat1 was de-orbited and not missing. This was after the satellite solar array (solar power) broke down. We had to de-orbit the satellite to minimise damage done to the facility and prevent it from navigating aimlessly and clashing into other satellites in space.” He was hopeful that the advent of Nigcomsat 1R would reduce the local cost of bandwidth, create more jobs and save Nigerian telecoms operators about $500m which they spend yearly to import bandwidth. http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28120:nigerias-satellite-passes-global-mandatory-test&catid=1:national&Itemid=559 |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Nobody: 4:25am On Nov 04, 2010 |
I am absolutely flabbergasted. Say what? Yes, China must tell us we passed before we know we passed. Conguratoolaysian, Nigeria. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by bkbabe97y(m): 1:11pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
Hehehehehhe. . . . . .Nigeria got a satellite! lol! Now, lets think about the starving people on earth. . . . . |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by shotuns: 1:20pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
I wouldn't believe whatever these Chinese thing says. wasn't lost. was de orbited to avoid collision with other space satelite , blablablabla, The Nigeria Goverment haven't learned their lessons yet, they are been blind folded while being fed through their ears . The great wall company is behind all blocked website, networking public websites, computer filtering software installed which allows specific categories of information to be blocked from the public viewing in the main land China, I can see now extending their communist warfare into buiding a satelite for Nigeria, When the wind blows the hen's feather, nothing is hiding again. We are on the blacklist among countries to be watched out for in China. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by toluxa1(m): 1:51pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
Ileke-IdI: We have heard this over and over again. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by marcus1234: 1:51pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Akanbiedu(m): 2:49pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
bk.babe97y: Stupid comment! Yes people are starving but over a million Nigerians are connected to satellites that are not owned by Nigeria. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by bkbabe97y(m): 2:54pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
Akanbi_edu: True, and theres still like 120 million hungry people there every day. . . . . I sincerely doubt that 1 million trumps 120 million! What u think? |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Akanbiedu(m): 3:01pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
bk.babe97y: What is this? American with socialist outlook. The idea is that whether the 120million eat or not. Over 1 million pays indirectly, millions of dollars every year to companies that are not even present in Nigeria. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by oluagness(m): 3:10pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
Ileke-IdI: |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by oluagness(m): 3:13pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
Ileke-IdI:What are we to believe? They said it was missing before and we were never briefed it was de-orbited. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Mariory(m): 3:32pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
oluagness: Actually yes we were. I specifically remember them saying the orbit decayed when they lost communication with the initial satellite. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Akanbiedu(m): 4:11pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
oluagness: It was the media that reported "missing" They need to sell and sensational news sells more. A lot of people don't even read the body, they just read the headlines. May be the next time you are reading a newspaper, you try to see if there are official sources in the news. phrases like "undisclosed sources, " "an highly placed official, " are suspect and more time should be devoted to finding out the true situation of things before concluding. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by yabadabado: 4:34pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
great, everybody is deserve to yan their opinion. i just hope those nigerian engineer/scientist have a sound mind and learn quick. cus the truth is maga must surely pay for his/her ignorance. cus we don't need a repeat of these learning and spending experience with these chinese guys to experiment with our "dough" . people can go hunger for the main time ,hunger will not kill as much as natural disaster in the future. if nigeria does n't do this , we won't be able to help our countrymen and the other smaller african nations. some jokers use to say nigeria is safe when u talk about flooding , erosion=landslides ,boulder =mass movement . dem don no better now, flooding in sokoto, lagos, kogi, part of delta etc, erosion destroyed lands in anambra, edo etc. the ocean problem in lagos has reduce 4 "now" in bar beach but later since the atlantic water will certainly raise in the future. it is only a sensible leader wey go school na im go continue with this project. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Nobody: 4:47pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
bk.babe97y:Owning your own satallite is one of the ways of reducing poverty. Instead of paying millions of dollars yearly to other companies outside Nigeria, These monies can be retained here for our own use. yabadabado:True talk. We are hopeful, by 2025, Nigeria would launch her own indigenous satallite to space from Nigeria soil. They are working on it. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by eherbal(m): 4:50pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
impressed!but will it really crash prices of telecommunications,like u no,10 naira per minute to any network,500 naira per month for unlimited bandwith,etc,etc  |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by hercules07: 6:30pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
The satellite stuff will not crash any prices, SAT3, GLO1 and Main1 are the ones to crash prices, what is the total bandwidth that will be carried on the satellite sef, how many transponders do we have on it. The last one that got "missing" could not do much. We actually need satellites that will aid farmers, those are practical ones not all this communications stuff. The problem of communications in Nigeria now is distribution and not transmission, most of the providers have fiber rings around Nigeria including Nitel sef. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by bkbabe97y(m): 6:58pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
Akanbi_edu: HAHAHAHAHAHHA. 1 million people paying phone bills to foreign companies trumps proper care for 120 million citizens?! You guys really are messed up in the head! Lol. My dear, my point is your govt should KNOW its priorities instead of all this bull shiyyt it stays carrying out just as added avenues to siphon off stolen funds! Now, read your second paragraph again: Doesnt make as much sense as when it was first written right? |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by aljharem(m): 7:11pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
 why and why do u ppl not learn the way of the north nigeria why do u ppl like tecnology(westen way) we can only unite if u embrace islamic ways and follow sharia. Kwarzaba mutane |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by nauvel: 10:30pm On Nov 04, 2010 |
alj harem: You might as well log off Nairaland and disconnect your internet connection. Hypocrite! |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by powerblaze(m): 12:48am On Nov 05, 2010 |
alj harem: Howz that for stupidity!   |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Nobody: 3:05am On Nov 05, 2010 |
alj harem: This doesn't even make sense. What has your religion got to do with the satelite. Someone has been smoking too much suya. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Ojumiii(m): 8:00am On Nov 05, 2010 |
I know, Nigeria will be great someday very soon, what ever our mistakes are, we will get its right. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Mariory(m): 9:57am On Nov 05, 2010 |
alj harem: The internet is Western technology you enourmous baboon! |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Bawss1(m): 10:37am On Nov 05, 2010 |
Somehow I expected Becomerich to have authored this thread. It is his forte after all.  |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Nobody: 10:48am On Nov 05, 2010 |
alj harem:Oh! Just as the way sharia has increased the level of poverty in the north with large number of almajiris/beggers? Biggest foool listen, Iran, Iraq, even Saudi Arabia where you go for pilgrimage use technology and make use of satallites. Moroooon! |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by Akanbiedu(m): 11:43am On Nov 05, 2010 |
bk.babe97y: Carry your nonsense waka pass abeg. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by novaman: 3:07pm On Nov 05, 2010 |
people are not just satisfied, even they say we have the best satellite in the world, some crazy fellow will surely find fault; some people are always looking for fault without adding any value in any ways possible. little contribution might go a long way to change a nation; in another thread some people are complaining about the bashing of Nigeria on CSI but they can never see when good lines about Nigeria are used; Inside Africa on CNN air some good stories about Nigeria but the moment to tell a not so good one, we start making noise. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by sweet9ja: 3:47pm On Nov 05, 2010 |
alj harem:Please, read the quran again and if you still don't understand it let someone who does help you. Malaysia, Turkey, U.A.E., Bahrain etc are all Islamic states, yet they have managed to use the western technology to accelerate development in in these countries. yabadabado: I agree completely with you. There are also many milions of poor people in China, but they are using modern technology to reduce poverty. In Nigerian we seem to rely on prayers alone to get our problems solved. What a shame. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by MShittu: 9:12pm On Nov 05, 2010 |
alj harem:Waddya mean that technology's western. Listen bros, in the 1300s-1900s, long before colonialism and stuff, there was this thing, it was called the caliphate. Now the caliphate was a country of sorts that comprised of the entirety of the Arab world and ruled with shariah, and under the caliphate's rule, science and technology thrived in the Arab world and Arab countries became the most technologically progressive countries in the world. All these boko haram imbeciles pushing for technology's elimination are illiterates, Almajiris, that no absolutely nothing about Islam |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by excoba101: 3:58pm On Nov 06, 2010 |
I wouldn't believe whatever these Chinese thing says. wasn't lost. was de orbited to avoid collision with other space satelite , blablablabla, The Nigeria Government haven't learned their lessons yet, they are been blind folded while being fed through their ears . The great wall company is behind all blocked website, networking public websites, computer filtering software installed which allows specific categories of information to be blocked from the public viewing in the main land China, I can see now extending their communist warfare into building a satelite for Nigeria, When the wind blows the hen's feather, nothing is hiding again. We are on the blacklist among countries to be watched out for in China. Pakistan is building atomic bomb for Nigeria. Watch out for Nigeria vs UN/America soon. |
| Re: Nigeria’s Satellite Passes Global Mandatory Test by efoghorjos: 6:20pm On Nov 06, 2010 |
These Chinese people with their sub-quality products! They have flooded our markets with inferior goods, now it is satellite they are building for us. Nigeria would patronize everybody and everything -They patronize Koreans, Indians, Chinese, Ivoriens, Canadians, Britons, etc. When will others patronize us? |
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