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Article: Nigeria Orders DMC Spacecraft From Surrey Satellite.
- Article from:
- Satellite Today
- Article date:
- November 7, 2006
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Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. signed a contract with the National Space Research and Development Agency of Nigeria for a small Earth observation satellite, Surrey Satellite announced Nov. 6.
Nigeriasat-2 will be based upon a new generation of small satellite technology and will become part of the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), Surrey Satellite said. Nigeria already operates Nigeriasat-1 as part of the DMC, a constellation of small satellites that provide disaster monitoring around the globe as well as imaging for government and ...