Chinese built and launched Nigerian satellite lost in Space

[Neo]

Thanks Flint, I was just about to make same statement.

 

[daredevil]

Well the launch didn't fail...the satellite developed problems, which technically means that the Nigerian screwed up.

Dude, even Satellite was manufactured by China. Nigeria doeasn't have the capability to manufacture a satellite. Read the link in above post.

 

[nitesh]

Correct point here made by daredevil. But any way such things happen but you should not underquote and then try to give some sub standard things

 

[Flintlock]

Dude, even Satellite was manufactured by China. Nigeria doeasn't have the capability to manufacture a satellite. Read the link in above post.

K...then I guess the Chinese could be blamed....though I wonder why its called a Nigerian Satellite if the Chinese did everything.

LOl...apparently the transmission frequency is according to Asian specifications rather than African...that's embarassing ...

 

[Neo]

Dude, even Satellite was manufactured by China. Nigeria doeasn't have the capability to manufacture a satellite. Read the link in above post.

Satellite was in the orbit since May 2007, the lauch was sucessful. I agree that it developped technical problems from day one and finally the manufacturer pulled the plug. Again things like this happen, this incident won't affect China's space industry nor her backlog for launch orders.

 

[daredevil]

Satellite was in the orbit since May 2007, the lauch was sucessful. I agree that it developped technical problems from day one and finally the manufacturer pulled the plug. Again things like this happen, this incident won't affect China's space industry nor her backlog for launch orders.

My bad, sorry it was not launch but the functioning of the satellite.

Doesn't affect backlogs, but surely affect's its future orders.

 

[Neo]

My bad, sorry it was not launch but the functioning of the satellite.

Doesn't affect backlogs, but surely affect's its future orders.

If you're referring to the fanufacturer..maybe it will affect this particular design which developped malfunctions. But then again, the used technology proved incompetant on low frequency in dense clowded environment and may not be exported again.

 

[daredevil]

If you're referring to the fanufacturer..maybe it will affect this particular design which developped malfunctions. But then again, the used technology proved incompetant on low frequency in dense clowded environment and may not be exported again.

True, may affect this design. If you look at the big picture, whatever may be the reasons for the failure of satellite functioning, people may not look at these finer details and will affect their thinking before they go to china space agency, when you have so many others in the fray.

The only people who might go there will be either for geo-political reasons and/or low costs.

If you look, major customer for Nigerian oil is China.

 

[Neo]

True, may affect this design. If you look at the big picture, whatever may be the reasons for the failure of satellite functioning, people may not look at these finer details and will affect their thinking before they go to china space agency, when you have so many others in the fray.

Don't think so, China has good safety record and has a very competetive platform. One malfunction isn't going to scare customers off. How many crashes did we have with LM F-16's? The design is still being exported.

The only people who might go there will be either for geo-political reasons and/or low costs.

Nor necessarily, competiveness and slots have a value of their own.

If you look, major customer for Nigerian oil is China.

No...major cursomer is Dutch BP Shell which holds upto 30% of nigerian oilfields.

China is helping a lot of countries to build their own satellite network, Nigeria happens to be one of them.

 

[Always Neutral]

I'll unban you the day next ISRO satellite goes missing.
Take care!

Dear Neo,

Guess you will have to unban him. Please see news below.

Indians have had a large number of failures and only the foolish here will not realise it.

All space projects have had a large number of failures especially the US, France and the USSR ones. However it must be noted while these three countries were Pioneers in Space the Indians, Japanese and Chinese have only copied their works with the full help of the Pioneers mentioned above and hence they (China,India and Co.)will have a higher rate of success it does not in any way mean they have better products.

Atleast only the satellite mentioned in the china launch has malfunctioned in the 2006 launch all the satellites were destroyed.

Regards


Launch failure won't dent India's space programme: scientists


He said the failure of the launch off the coast of the southeastern state of Andhra Pradesh was a "setback" as India had a track record of 11 consecutive successful flights.

"If you look at the launch vehicles' history, failures are not uncommon. The (US) shuttle had failures," Nair said. "We will pinpoint the failure. We will take corrective action. Within a year we will have the GSLV up again."

The 49-metre (161-foot) rocket, called the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV), carried a 2,168-kilogram (2.4 ton) INSAT 4-C satellite to be put into stationary orbit at 36,000 kilometres (22,320 miles).

It was programmed to boost television services for the next 10 years.

Disaster struck less than a day after an unsuccessful test flight of India's Agni-III nuclear-capable missile which has a range of 4,000 kilometres (2,480 miles) and is designed to arm New Delhi with a ballistic weapon.

This is the fifth time since 1979 that ISRO failed in its attempt to launch a satellite.

 

[Always Neutral]

Launch failure stings Russian space program - Space

Launch failure stings Russian space program
Booster goes awry, leaving Arab communications satellite in wrong orbit

 

[Imran Khan]

Nigeria Orbits First Comsat; Plans to Land Nigerians on the Moon by 2030

Nigeria's NigcomSat 1. (Nasrda photo) BEIJING, China, May 15, 2007 - Satnews Daily - Nigeria, with China�s help, has successfully launched NigcomSat-1, its first communications satellite and the first satellite made by China for any foreign country.

NigcomSat-1 was carried into space by a Chinese Long March 3-B rocket that blasted off from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwestern China's Sichuan province. The Xian Satellite Control center said the satellite is now in orbit.

NigcomSat-1 is a hybrid geostationary satellite designed to operate over Africa, parts of the Middle East and southern Europe. Orbit raising maneuvers will raise the satellite to its final position at 42 degrees East longitude. NigcomSat-1 is expected to become fully operational before the end of the year. It has a life span of 15 years.

The satellite will be monitored and tracked by a ground station to be built in Abuja, the capital of Nigeria, by Chinese firm Great Wall Industry Corporation, and a ground station in Kashgar, in northwestern China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Great Wall will offer support services and train Nigerian technicians in satellite control.

The Nigerian government said the Abuja facility has the potential to make Nigeria a major telecom traffic hub in the West and Central African region. Analysts believe NigcomSat-1 will revolutionize telecommunications, broadcasting and broadband multimedia services in Africa. Nigeria expects to earn $70 million annually from transponder leases on NigcomSat-1.

NigcomSat-1 is expected to save Nigerian broadband users more than $95 million a year, and provide Internet access to remote rural villages. It will save more than $660 million in phone-call charges and create some 150,000 jobs for Nigerians, said the government.

NigcomSat-1 project managing director Hammed Rufai said the satellite would help Nigeria break free from over reliance on its oil industry and transform Nigeria into a knowledge-based economy.

China was awarded the contract to build NigcomSat-1 in 2004 after it outbid 21 international rivals to secure the $311 million project. The satellite and carrier rocket were developed by the China Academy of Space Technology and China Academy of Launch Vehicle Technology, both under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation. NigcomSat-1 is one of 30 foreign satellites China has been commissioned to build.

Nigeria orbited its first satellite, NigerSat-1, an Earth observation satellite, in 2003. It plans to launch its third satellite, NigerSat-2, in 2009.

NigerSat-2 will be a high-resolution 300 kg satellite made by SSTL of the UK. It will carry two payloads: a high resolution imager providing 2.5 meter panchromatic and 5 meter 4 band multispectral data with a swath of 20 km, and a 32 meter resolution multispectral imager providing data in four spectral bands with a swath of 300 km.

Nigeria�s Science and Technology Minister Professor Turner Isoun said the country�s space program is expected to grow by leaps and bounds and will culminate in Nigeria sending a manned mission to the Moon by 2030. Should this come to fruition, the feat will make Nigeria the first African country to land men on the Moon. China, the supplier of technology and hardware for Nigeria�s space ambitions, plans to land its �yuhangyuans� (astronauts) on the Moon from 2020 to 2025, becoming only the second country and first Asian nation to send men to the Moon.
SatNews

 

[Flintlock]

K....Imran....I think you didn't read the article properly - its China's ambition to land people on the moon, not Nigeria's!

 

[s90]

I think failures happen because these are very complex machines..but some people will always remain ignorant about what they did themselves.

Key Indian satellite launch fails

The explosion showered debris over the Bay of Bengal
The launch of India's heaviest communications satellite has failed after the rocket carrying it veered off course and exploded.
The Insat-4C satellite weighed more than 2,000kg and was expected to significantly enhance India's telephone and business communications.

It came a day after a test-fire of India's longest-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile ended in failure.

The Agni-III surface-to-surface missile crashed into the Bay of Bengal.

BBC NEWS | South Asia | Key Indian satellite launch fails

 

[Logic note]

Satellite was in the orbit since May 2007, the lauch was sucessful. I agree that it developped technical problems from day one and finally the manufacturer pulled the plug. Again things like this happen, this incident won't affect China's space industry nor her backlog for launch orders.

The satellite was supposed to make Africa's most populous nation a technological hub, saving broadband users and phone users hundreds of millions of dollars a year and enabling Internet access to remote rural villages.

satellite's solar-powered battery was not recharging and could smash into other satellites . the batteries along with the entire satellite was manufactured by China for Nigeria .


Accidents and failures are normal in human endevour but when success and profit at any cost is the motto , cheating and accidents are bound to happen
So its another example of Chinese Low quality and cheap cost strategy ..

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fake drugs which are delivered to patients and will surely cause the death of those patients

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Toxic Toys

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