Nigeria EduSat-1

Nigeria EduSat-1 was a Nigerian 1U technology-demonstration satellite built through a collaboration between NASRDA, the Federal University of Technology Akure and Kyushu Institute of Technology’s BIRDS-1 project. It flew aboard Dragon CRS-11 on June 3, 2017 UTC and was deployed from Kibo on July 7 with four partner spacecraft. NASRDA identifies satellite engineering experience and domestic capability development as central objectives. Its engineers built the Nigerian ground station in Abuja for the shared seven-country operating network. BIRDS Newsletter 42 estimated Nigeria EduSat-1’s atmospheric reentry as May 13, 2019. This spacecraft is distinct from the NigeriaSat Earth-observation series and the NigComSat communications satellites.