Nigeria has launched another communication satellite code-named NigcomSat-1R bringing to three the number of satellites launched by Africa’s most populous countries in the last six months.
Nigeria’s federal government has separated the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) and Nigeria Communication Satellites Limited (NigComSat), the two public owned agencies that have been locked in a bitter turf fight over the country’s satellite operations.
Nigeria’s profile in the global satellite industry has been boosted with the launch of two micro earth observation satellites code-named, NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X on Wednesday from a launch site in Yasny, Russia. But that is not the news
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