NIGER-SAT

TOPIC: - NIGER- SAT 1 

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: -        

REFERENCES BOOK: -    

1.     FARINDE O. E e tal, ESSENTIAL PHYSICS FOR SSS, Tonad Publishing Limited.

2.     M. W. ANYAKOHA (2011), NEW SCHOOL PHYSICS FOR SENIOR SECONDARY SCHOOLS, Africana first publishers.   

3.     INTERNET

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE: -     Students have been familiar with satellite dish by DSTV

INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES: - At the end of the lesson students should be able to: -

1.       State the full meaning of NASDRA

2.       Explain the concept of NIGER-SAT 1

3.       State the features of Nigeria-sat 1

4.       Uses of Nigeria-sat 1

CONTENT

NIGER - SAT 1

In April, 1999. the Government of Nigeria established the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) with a mandate to organise all space science and technology related activities in order to make a greater impact on development effort in Nigeria. Subsequently, in June, 2001 the National Space Policy and Programmes was approved, thereby creating an enabling environment for the achievement of the objectives of this agenda.

CONCEPT OF NIGER-SAT 1

Nigerian Satellite known as Nigeria Sat-1 is the Nigerian Contribution to the International Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) project. It was launched on 27 September, 2003 in Plesetsk, Russia under a seven-nation constellation being handle by a Russian firm, Cosmos. The satellites ground control station is and is controlled by 15 Nigerian Engineers in Abuja (trained in Surrey, United Kingdom). The operation is supervised by NASDRA. Nigeria Sat-1  is one of the five satellites which will make up a network called DMC

The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) is an International Co-operation in space, bringing together Organization from seven countries. The countries are United Kingdom (uk), China, Algeria, Turkey, Thailand and Vietnam. The DMC consortium (or group) is forming the ever microsatellite constellation bringing remarkable Earth Observation capabilities both naturally to the individual satellite owners and internationally to benefit world-wide humanitarian aid effort.

GENERAL FEATURES OF NIGERIA SAT-1

1.       It is a product of advanced technology in microsatellite, operating in low Earth orbit.

2.       It weighs 100kg

3.       It is constellation (company) with six other satellites; and this gives in added advantage of global coverage and daily revisit with the provision of real-time data.

4.       It provide opportunity to develop appropriate payloads to solve local problems.

5.       It provides opportunity for capacity building in satellite technology.

6.       It provide opportunity for bridging the digital divide within and across Africa.

7.       Ground control station is located in Asokoro, Abuja for the control and operation of the satellite.

OPERATION OF NIGERIA SAT-1

NigeriaSat 1 is for Earth's observation. Earth's observation here means that the satellite will take photos or image of Nigeria piece of land on which it is focused and beam back to the ground station for use in various areas of socio-economic development.

USES OF NIGERIASAT-1

1.       To give advance warning of natural disasters like flood, earthquakes, volcanic eruption etc

2.       To avoid or manage occurrence of man-made disaster like oil pollution, desertification, erosion, forest fire and deforestation.

3.       Used in agriculture for mapping, land use planning management of sustainable grazing, forest logging, crop inventory and yield forecast.

4.       Solid mineral exploration and exploitation, including general geological mapping and map update or revision as well as differentiating host mineral area in oil, gas and solid mineral exploitation.

5.       Mapping of state and international boundaries, planning and mapping of terrain traffic for defence and securities purpose.

6.       Used in public health delivery to establish the relationship between malaria vectors and environment that breed malaria.

7.       To provide the technology needed to bring education to all parts of the country via Distance Learning.

8.       Demographic uses such as mapping and planning of population surveys, census enumeration areas as well as mapping, planning and monitoring of rural urban growth.

9.       Used in water resources development and management including assessment of the quality and quantity of surface and underground water, rainfall prediction as well as integrated water resources management on drought and other disaster forecast.

PRESENTATION

Step I: The teacher explains NIGER-SAT 1

Step II: Teacher explains concept of Niger-sat 1

Step III: The students chorus the general features of Niger-sat 1

Step IV: The teacher states the uses of Nigeria sat 1

EVALUATION

The teacher evaluates the students by asking the following questions:

i. State the full meaning of NASDRA

Ii. Explain the concept of NIGER-SAT 1

Iii. State the features of Nigeria-sat 1

Iv. Uses of Nigeria-sat 1

ASSIGNMENT

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