Foot Prints

Foot Prints of NigComSat-1 Satellite

NigComSat-1 Satellite is a huge high powered modern spacecraft machine weighing more than 5 tonnes at lift-off and  located at 42.5 degrees east.
The spacecraft launched by LM-3B launch vehicle was built on 3-axis stabilized DFH-4 Platform with heritage from DFH-3 and European spacecraft series.
The 9 kW spacecraft is a quad band spacecraft comprised of :
  6 C-Band Transponder                     
  18 Ku-Band Transponder
  12 Ka-Band Transponder and
  4 L-Band (Navigation) Transponder

NigComSat-1 with service life of more than 15 years has a designed life of 22.5 years with more than 0.70 reliability value at the end of its service life.

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Payload of Nigcomsat-1 Satellite

C-Band             
  • C-band payload: 4-Transponders.
Ku-Band
  • Ku-band: 14-Transponders
Ka-Band
  • Ka-band payload: 8-Transponders
L-Band
  • L-band payload: 2-Transponders