 Nigeria EduSat-1 at deployment | |
| Names | Bird NN |
|---|---|
| Mission type | Technology demonstration Earth observation |
| Operator | Federal University of Technology Akure |
| COSPAR ID | 1998-067MY |
| SATCAT no. | 42824 |
| Mission duration | 24 months (planned) 22 months, 5 days (achieved) |
| Spacecraft properties | |
| Spacecraft type | 1U CubeSat |
| Manufacturer | Federal University of Technology Akure |
| Launch mass | 1 kg |
| Dimensions | 10 × 10 × 10 cm |
| Power | watts |
| Start of mission | |
| Launch date | 3 June 2017, 21:07:38 UTC[1] |
| Rocket | Falcon 9 FT, CRS-11 |
| Launch site | Kennedy, LC-39A |
| Contractor | SpaceX |
| Deployed from | Nanoracks CubeSat Deployer |
| Deployment date | 7 July 2017, 08:51 UTC |
| End of mission | |
| Disposal | Deorbited |
| Decay date | 13 May 2019 [2] |
| Orbital parameters | |
| Reference system | Geocentric orbit |
| Regime | Low Earth orbit |
| Perigee altitude | 395.6 km |
| Apogee altitude | 405.9 km |
| Inclination | 51.64° |
| Period | 92.57 minutes |
Nigeria EduSat-1 was a Nigerian nanosatellite built by the Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA), created in conjunction with the Japanese Birds-1 program. It was Nigeria's first satellite built by a university. It was launched from the Japanese Kibō module of the International Space Station, being brought to the station as part of SpaceX CRS-11.[3]
The satellite deorbited on 13 May 2019, nearly two years after launch.
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