Nigeria completes milestone in space

Nigeria's space program has passed another milestone as both the state of the art NigeriaSat-2 and the Nigerian-built NigeriaSat-X (NX) spacecraft passed their Flight Readiness Reviews.

The completion of this review signifies that the two spacecraft are now ready for launch. At the same time, the Launch Services Agreement was signed that will see the two spacecraft launched onboard a Dnepr rocket in Q4 2010.

Nigerian engineer Bosun Yusuf at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories

Sir Martin Sweeting pictured with Nigeria's future space engineers.

Nigeria's future space engineers pictured with Sir Martin Sweeting, Executive Chairman SSTL

Meanwhile, the 26 Nigerian trainees, some of who have spent 3 years at SSTL, have now returned to Nigeria ready to begin operations of their two spacecraft once they launch next year.

This entry was posted by Robin Wolstenholme on Wednesday, October 7. 2009 at 09:53. and is filed under In the news. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog. All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.

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