London, April 19, 2011.
Nigerian Satellites NigeriaSat-2 and Nx have been sent this day to its launch site, the first of these experts has been developed by British company Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, SSTL, and the second was built by a technical team of Nigerian experts under the supervision of SSTL, that as part of an extensive program of training and technology transfer.
The NigerisaSat-2 satellite is for the SSTL-300 platform of Surrey Satellite is one of the most advanced mini satellites in the world in its class, with 2 sets of image acquisition, a first high-resolution system with a sensor modod 2.5 meters in panchromatic and 5 m in multispectral mode with a swath width of 20 km, and a second medium resolution system with a sensor multiepsectral of 32 meters resolution and 300 km wide scanning for regional applications, this platform has a total weight of 282 kgs and 7 years of life useful.
Nx corresponds to the satellite platform of Surrey SSTL-100 Cable, is a mini satellite of only 88 kg, which has a multispectral sensor with a resolution of 32 meters and a width of sweep of 600 kms, which can cover all of South America in just 5 days.
26 experts should be noted that Nigerians have developed an extensive program of training and technology transfer 30 months in the UK, including graduate studies and master's degrees in aerospace science, which studies have been complemented with practical "hands on" through which they have built themselves with the advice and British supervision, the satellite Nx.
This project is part of a program that started the anio 2004 with the launch of the satellite Nigerisat-1, which also included an extensive program of training and technology transfer, which allows countries to developing ways to develop local capacity shall own. Surrey Satellite is a world leader not only in the development of mini satellites for earth observation, with 34 satellites launched and more than 200 years of accumulated service life in space, but also is a global leader in technology transfer programs, having to date developed 15 technology transfer programs (KHTT-Know How Transfer and Trainning), which led to the creation of 6 National Space Agencies, 6 space missions themselves and the creation of 2 private companies in aerospace issues.
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