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IbnSultaan:
The Federal Government on Friday in Abuja signed a
$250million joint venture/partnership agreement with a
United Kingdom-based company, Menasat Gulf Group
Plc., to provide Synthetic-Aperture Radar satellites in
the country.
When operational, the SAR satellite technology will be
the first in Nigeria, while images generated from it will
benefit, particularly, the oil and gas operators, farmers,
ocean monitoring, tracking of oil pipelines and also
assist the military.
The Director-General of the National Space Research
and Development Agency, Dr. Seidu Mohammed, while
signing the contract, said the SAR technology was
necessary for Nigeria because of the challenges the
agency have had in acquiring images in, mostly, the
southern part of the country.
“We have always had this constraint that even though
we are the national repository for satellite images, we
are not able to provide completely all the required
images in this country. In the light of that, we have
specially taken this opportunity to satisfy the Nigerian
market,” he said.
According to the NSRDA DG, Nigeria will contribute its
expertise as well as make a place available for the
firm that will set up a ground-saving station and
equipment to process and make the images available
for Nigerians. http://www.punchng.com/news/fg-uk-firm-sign-250m-satellite-deal/

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