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Satellite · NORAD 38014 · COSPAR 2011-077A

NIGCOMSAT 1R

ActivePayloadGEOCommunications derived
  • Operator Nigeria
  • Constellation —
  • Country Nigeria

Altitude now

35,778.6km

SGP4 propagation

Velocity

3.08km/s

Inclination

0.02°

Period

23.9 h

1,436.1 min

Perigee

35,775km

Apogee

35,797km

orbit freshOrbit updated 9 h ago · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:09 UTC (9.1 h old)· Metadata updated 9 h ago

Live position

Ground track & current position

Propagated client-side every 5 s from the latest element set (SGP4). Accuracy degrades with element age.

Ground track of NIGCOMSAT 1RNIGCOMSAT 1R
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Latitude
0.038° S
Longitude
42.528° E
Altitude
35778.6 km
Velocity
3.075 km/s
  • past 45 min
  • next 90 min
  • first fix from server render · element epoch 11 Sept 2026 14:09 UTC

Mission

Mission & classification

Mission type derived
Communications
Object type
Payload
SATCAT ops status
Operational [+]
Radar cross-section
18.5 m²

CelesTrak groups

Aliases

  • NIGCOMSAT 1RCelestrak

Ownership

Operator & country

Operator
—
SATCAT owner code
NIG · Nigeria
Country
Nigeria NG

Launch

Launch

Launch page →
Launch date
19 Dec 2011
COSPAR launch id
2011-077
Launch site
Xichang Satellite Launch Center

Objects from the same launch · 40+

All objects from launch 2011-077 →

Change log

History

FieldChangeSourceDate
Country Code∅ → NGCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Owner Code∅ → NIGCelestrak Satcat11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC
Orbit Class∅ → GEOCelestrak11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC

Regulatory

UN registration

UN Register of Objects Launched into Outer Space (UNOOSA) — connector planned, not yet ingested; registration unavailable

Transparency

Sources & provenance

All sources →

  • CelesTrakcommunity

    Orbital data courtesy of CelesTrak (Dr. T.S. Kelso).

    last sync 5 h ago

  • CelesTrak SATCATcommunity

    Satellite catalog data courtesy of CelesTrak.

    last sync 9 h ago

Field provenance

FieldSourceObservedConfidence
Canonical NameCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Decay DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Launch DateCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Object TypeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
Orbital ElementsCelesTrak11 Sept 2026 22:59 UTC100%
Owner CodeCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%
StatusCelesTrak SATCAT11 Sept 2026 18:53 UTC100%

Quality flags

  • UNKNOWN_OPERATORactive payload without resolved operator11 Sept 2026

Timeline

Events

All events →

No events detected for this object yet. Launches, decays and orbit changes are generated by the derived-analytics connector.

Reference

Identifiers

NORAD catalogue number
38014
COSPAR / international designator
2011-077A
SatelliteIndex id
sat_01M28X2SWWDCTX9MYDGY0F69QM
Canonical slug
nigcomsat-1r-38014

Orbit class, mission type and constellation membership are derived by SatelliteIndex (Communications) — see the methodology. Positions are propagated estimates, not tracking measurements; never use them for conjunction assessment.