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Nigerian aerospace industry has made another history by being the first country in the Sub-Saharan Africa to join a foreign satellite program. The news was announced in Abuja on December 30, 2015.
The history was made by Nigerian Communication Satellite (NigComSat) Limited, a company under the auspices of the Federal Ministry of Communication Technology after it won a bid to provide in-orbit test (IOT) and carrier spectrum monitoring (CSM) services for Belintersat-1 satellite.
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China Great Industries Corporation (CGWIC), a renowned satellite manufacturing company, is the supplier of the DFH-4 satellite platform to the Eastern European country of Belarus. The Chinese giant (CGWIC) expressed confidence in the Nigerian company, NigComSat, which eventually helped it to win the tender.The Belarusian satellite will be launched on January 15, 2016, and is expected to operate in space for 15 years. Adebayo Shittu, the minister of communication, will be heading the Nigerian delegation to witness its the launch.
The services rendered by transponder leasing is expected to generate revenue from the 15-year service provision to Belarus while NigComSat would be able to provide more secured communications, enterprise solutions and broadband services to Nigeria and 35 other African countries, including Cameroon,Mali, Ghana, Cameroon and more.
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