NigComSat-1

He was NigComSat - 1, a Nigerian telecommunications satellite, which was launched on May 13, 2007, a Long March 3B from Xichang Satellite Launch Center on behalf of the Nigerian Space Agency NASRDA, operated by NigComSat.

The three -axis stabilized satellite is based on the Chinese DFH -4 bus system, 5150 kg and has four C-band, fourteen Ku-band, eight Ka-band and two L -band transponders with a total of seven antennas. These range from its transmission capacity for data sets of the same time more than 150 television programs. The lifetime is given as 15 years. His position is at 42.5 ° East. The contract between NigComSat and the China Great Wall Industry Corporation ( CGWIC ) for the design, manufacture and launch of the satellite was signed in December 2004.

On November 18, 2008 it was announced that the satellite was damaged by the irreparable loss of both awning and was consequently taken out of service.

Then the NigComSat ordered on March 24, 2009 at the China Great Wall Industry Corp.. ( CGWIC ) a technically identical replacement satellite NigComSat -1R. This was launched on 19 December in 2011 with a Long March 3B / E.