Pursuit of Nigeria into Space for Sustainable Development
Pursuit of Nigeria into Space for Sustainable Development
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尼日利亚追求可持续发展空间
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10.1007/978-3-319-51941-8_11
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发表时间：
2016
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Fidelis Y. Madalla
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Ikpaya O. Ikpaya;S. Onuh;Christopher U. Achem;Baslem M. Okehie;Fidelis Y. Madalla
继2003年9月将尼日利亚第一颗卫星发射到空间之后，尼日利亚阿布贾国家空间研究和发展局通过迄今成功发射的五颗卫星的商业、教育、人道主义和政府应用，展示了和平利用外层空间。自加入其他国家的太空行动取得这一成就以来，该国还保持了可持续的国家发展。卫星操作是由尼日利亚工程师和科学家从尼日利亚阿布贾的使命控制地面站在本国进行的。它的三颗遥感卫星-NIGCOMSAT-1、NIGCOMSAT-X和NIGCOMSAT-2以及两颗通信卫星-NIGCOMSAT-1和NIGCOMSAT-1 R-已经处理了空间业务的现状，并遵守了其和平利用外层空间的规定。随着其使命寿命的圆满结束，灾害监测星座中的“地球观测卫星1号”在经过约9年的有益与和平的卫星运行后脱离轨道。在其使命寿命期间，它对地方和国际灾害作出了反应，其中包括为卡特里娜飓风等星座中的卫星联合或单独发起的可持续发展运动，以及编制一份国家资源清单，显示1：50，000的土地使用/土地覆盖物绘图等。在继续取得这些记录成就的过程中，先进的地球观测微型卫星-AlgiaSat-X和AlgiaSat-2-配备了增强的成像性能，以提高能力和应用，同样也见证了阿布贾MCGS卫星业务的改进。NIGCOMSAT-1和NIGCOMSAT-1 R还被应用于远程医疗、远程会议、数据传输、互联网服务、电子图书馆等。因此，在本文中，我们将回顾和分享我们在利用遥感和通信卫星探索空间以促进可持续发展方面的业务经验、成就和未来方向。
Subsequent to the launch of the first Nigerian satellite into space in September 2003, the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA), Abuja, Nigeria, has demonstrated peaceful use of outer space through the commercial, educational, humanitarian and governmental applications of its five successfully launched satellites so far. The nation has also maintained a sustainable national development since achieving this feat by joining other nations in space operations. Satellite operations are carried out indigenously by Nigerian engineers and scientists from the Mission Control Ground Station (MCGS), Abuja, Nigeria. Its three remote sensing satellites, NigeriaSat-1, NigeriaSat-X and NigeriaSat-2, and two communication satellites, NIGCOMSAT-1 and NIGCOMSAT-1R, have addressed the status of space operations and complied with its peaceful use of outer space. With the successful completion of its mission lifetime, NigeriaSat-1 which was in the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) was de-orbited after about 9 years of useful and peaceful satellite operations. During its mission lifetime, it responded to both local and international disasters including sustainable development campaigns initiated jointly or individually for satellites in the constellation such as Hurricane Katrina and the development of a national resource inventory showing land-use/land-cover mapping at 1:50,000 among others. In continuation of these recorded achievements, NigeriaSat-X and NigeriaSat-2 which are advanced Earth observation (EO) microsatellites equipped with enhanced imaging performance for improved capability and applications have equally witnessed improved satellite operations from the Abuja MCGS. NIGCOMSAT-1 and NIGCOMSAT-1R have also been applied in telemedicine, teleconferencing, data transfer, internet services, e-library, etc. In the course of our satellite operations, useful lessons have been learnt in the management and operations of more than one satellite from a single ground station for the remote sensing satellites. Therefore, in this paper, we review and share our operational experiences, achievements and future direction on our quest into space for sustainable development through the use of our remote sensing and communication satellites.