China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation
Nigcomsat 1
Long March 3B/E
SUCCESS
Success
Sunday, May 13, 2007 · 16:01 UTC
Mission
/01Nigerian geostationary communications satellite. It failed in November 2008 and was replaced in 2011 by NIGCOMSAT 1R
Mission Type
Communications
Orbit
Geostationary Orbit (Direct-GEO)
Probability
N/A
Status
Launch Successful
Vehicle & Pad
/02Rocket
Long March 3B/E
Variant: B/E
Launch Pad
Launch Complex 2 (LC-2)
Xichang Satellite Launch Center, People's Republic of China
28.246° N, 102.027° E
27
Pad Launches
44
Location Launches
44
Agency Launches
20
Orbital This Year