Nigcomsat 1

Success CASC, Long March 3B/E

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About this launch

Nigerian geostationary communications satellite. It failed in November 2008 and was replaced in 2011 by NIGCOMSAT 1R

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Flight profileThe climb, seen from the side · 3D replay on the globe
to orbit0 km1,610 km downrange200 km up

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Launch window and padXichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
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Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China

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Rocket and boosterLong March 3B/E
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Long March 3B/E

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MissionCommunications · Direct-GEO

Communications · Direct-GEO

What it put in orbit2 catalogued objects, 1 of them satellites
ObjectTypeOrbit
NIGCOMSAT 1 2007-018A Payload 35778 × 35824 km · 12.1° Globe
CZ-3B R/B 2007-018B Rocket body re-entered 2009-08-16

COSPAR ID 2007-018. Orbits from the CelesTrak satellite catalogue (perigee × apogee, inclination).

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