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TWO of Nigeria’s satellites, NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X, will by 8.00 a.m. today lift up from the launch pad of Russian satellite launch service provider, Dnepr, and begin the rocket speed journey to orbit.

From there, both satellites will beam back images and services to earth. The satellites, according to Surrey Space Technology Limited UK, have successfully completed pre-launch tests and have been integrated with a Dnepr launch vehicle in Russia.

In a statement issued in London and obtained by The Guardian, Surrey, which manufactured the satellites, noted: “NigeriaSat-2, one of the most advanced Earth observation small satellites ever to be launched, will lift off from Yasny in southern Russia on 17 August, together with NigeriaSat-X, which was built under a training and development programme. “Designed and assembled at SSTL in Guildford, the satellites will provide the Nigerian National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) with very high resolution imaging capability. The highly agile NigeriaSat-2 is based on the latest SSTL 300 platform and will deliver multiple viewing modes to a maximum 2.5m panchromatic (black and white) ground sample distance (GSD) and 5.0m multi-spectral (colour) GSD across a 20km swath width.

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