Nigeria completes milestone in space

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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.

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