Nigerian Announces Plans To Manufacture And Launch Own Satellite

MICROSAT BLITZ

File photo: Nigeria has already produced Microsats (pictured).

by Staff Writers
Abuja (AFP) May 11, 2006
Nigeria Wednesday announced a 25-year plan to venture into space technology by manufacturing and launching locally its own satellite.

"The 25-year plan has the objective that we should be able to produce a Nigerian astronaut by 2015, launch a satellite manufactured in Nigeria by between 2018 and 2030," Science and Technology minister Turner Isoun told reporters after a cabinet meeting.

Isoun said the federal cabinet had already set up a seven-member ministerial committee to look into the details of the project, including its cost.

The committee will co-opt Nigerian local experts and those abroad as well as entering into strategic partnership with friendly countries, he said.

Nigeria, he said, had started training engineers, scientists and technicians in satellite technology.

Nigeria, which went into partnership with Surrey Satellite Technology Limited of Britain to launch in 2003 a low orbit remote sensing satellite, is due to launch a communication satellite by the first quarter of next year in partnership with Chinas Great Wall Industries Corporation.

Source: Agence France-Presse

Related Links
Surrey Satellite Technology

Memory Foam Mattress Review

SPACE MEDIA NETWORK PROMOTIONS
Solar Energy Solutions
Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison ...

Newsletters :: SpaceDaily :: SpaceWar :: TerraDaily :: Energy Daily
XML Feeds :: Space News :: Earth News :: War News :: Solar Energy News

MICROSAT BLITZ

Students Complete 20 Femto Satellites

Ashburn VA (SPX) May 11, 2006
AeroAstro has announced the successful completion of twenty femto satellite models. The models were assembled by kindergarten students from Georgetown Day School as part of their field trip at AeroAstro's headquarters in Ashburn, Virginia.

SPACE TRAVEL NASA Awards Boeing S-3B Viking Modification Contract NASA Cannot Accommodate Indian Astronaut Aboard Shuttle Aquanauts Learn About Teamwork And Task Performance For The Moon And Mars UP Aerospace Offers Round-trip Payload Space Flights Directly to the Public	MARSDAILY Spirit Takes A Winter Break From Travels But Remains Busy Opportunity Within Sight Of Victoria Mars Drilling Tests Will Seek Knowledge And Resources Spirit Looks Back Up Husband Hill
LAUNCH PAD Zenit Rocket Will Power AsiaSat 5 Launch Defence Minister Expedites Preparations For Launching Military Satellite Successful Launch Of Swedish Maxus 7 Sounding Rocket Sea Launch Contracts To Launch Intelsat Americas-9	EARTH OBSERVATION Tibet Provides Passage For Chemicals To Reach The Stratosphere Raytheon Tests Advanced Space-Based Weather Sensor African Wetland Managers Armed With New Technology ESA To Host Atmospheric Science Conference
OUTER PLANETS New Horizons Taking Exploration To Edge Of Sol Xena Poses A Bright Mystery Tenth Planet Only Slightly Bigger Than Pluto New Horizons Payload Gets High Marks on Early Tests	STELLAR CHEMISTRY Earth Deemed Safe From Gamma-Ray Bursts XMM-Newton Reveals Chemical Signatures Of Galaxy Clusters Astronomers Find Two New Milky Way Companions ESO Detects Most Distant Hydrogen Cloud
MOON DAILY China To Launch Satellites For Lunar Surveying India Hoping To To Unveil Space Prowess Before NASA Scientists Working To Help Astronauts To Breath Moon Dust NASA Announces Lunar Lander Analog Competition Agreement	GPS NEWS Iridium Will Supply Satellite Links For ARGO Tracker Spirent Federal GPS Simulation System Selected by Naval Air Systems Command Novariant And Wenco Deliver New Positioning Applications For Open Cut Mines Magellan RoadMate First To Offer Traffic RDS Capabilities

The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2006 - SpaceDaily.AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA PortalReports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additionalcopyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement,agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any Web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy Statement