▸Orbital parameters

Orbit class	SSO
Inclination	97.8793°
Eccentricity	0.0031397
Period	97.9 min
Apogee	682 km
Perigee	637 km
Mean motion	14.70536220 rev/day
RAAN	164.7224°
Arg of perigee	59.3840°
Mean anomaly	29.9586°
B*	1.4708e-4
Rev at epoch	79,351

▸Two-line element set (TLE)

EPOCH Jul 7, 2026SOURCE CelesTrakDERIVED currentUPDATED Jul 7, 2026

1 37789U 11044B 26188.21363403 .00000851 00000-0 14708-3 0 9998

2 37789 97.8793 164.7224 0031397 59.3840 29.9586 14.70536220793511

▸ source OMM (JSON)

{
  "OBJECT_NAME": "NIGERIASAT-2",
  "OBJECT_ID": "2011-044B",
  "EPOCH": "2026-07-07T05:07:37.98+00:00",
  "MEAN_MOTION": 14.7053622,
  "ECCENTRICITY": 0.0031397,
  "INCLINATION": 97.8793,
  "RA_OF_ASC_NODE": 164.7224,
  "ARG_OF_PERICENTER": 59.384,
  "MEAN_ANOMALY": 29.9586,
  "EPHEMERIS_TYPE": 0,
  "CLASSIFICATION_TYPE": "U",
  "NORAD_CAT_ID": 37789,
  "REV_AT_EPOCH": 79351,
  "BSTAR": 0.00014708,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DOT": 0.00000851,
  "MEAN_MOTION_DDOT": 0
}

Reconstructed from CelesTrak OMM mean-elements (element-set number is a placeholder). TLE/OMM data is approximate. Not for operational use or collision avoidance.

▸Satellite metadata

Name	NIGERIASAT-2
Operator	National Space Research Development Agency, NigeriaHIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Country	NigeriaMEDIUMvia Wikidata
Launch date	Aug 17, 2011HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog
Launch mass (kg)	269HIGHvia GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General Catalog⚠ sources disagree

▸Data quality

Score90 / 100

Claims9

Sources2

TLEavailable

▸Sources

GCAT — Jonathan McDowell's General CatalogCC BY 4.0planet4589.org
WikidataCC0 1.0query.wikidata.org

▸Actions

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//Orbital data is approximate and not for operational use. Last ingested from CelesTrak on Jul 7, 2026.