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CSTD Satellite Tracker

The window on your right shows a display of Nigeria’s Space Assets. These include Nigeria Sat-1,Nigeria Sat-2,NigcomSat-1R.

To view any of the satellite click on the drop-down menu and select the satellite to view.The text box at the bottom of the window tells the the time the satellite will be above your current location.

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  • Andreas Mogensen becomes International Space Station commander
    on September 26, 2023

    Video: 00:03:20 ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen became commander of the International Space Station (ISS) on September 26, 2023, in a traditional ceremony in which the departing commander, Sergey Prokopyev, handed over the symbolic key of the Space Station. Mogensen is the sixth European to take on the role of ISS commander.Mogensen will serve as commander for the rest of his Huginn mission until early 2024. During his command, he will be responsible for overseeing the crew's activities and ensuring the safety and operation of the Space Station.

  • Seeking Euclid's hidden stars: commissioning looks up
    on September 26, 2023
  • The first steps of the Huginn mission
    on September 25, 2023

    Video: 00:05:46 ESA astronaut Andreas Mogensen has begun his Huginn mission, turning the International Space Station into his home and workplace. After piloting on Crew Dragon Endurance as the first non-US pilot, Andreas has started performing European experiments and technology demonstrations with many more to come throughout the mission.

  • Turning up gravity for space fungi study
    on September 25, 2023

    Fungi in space have been a plot point in Star Trek: Discovery, but they are also a very real problem for astronauts and space stations. United Nations co-sponsored testing by a team from Macau in China subjected fungi to hypergravity with ESA’s fast-spinning centrifuge.