NigeriaSat-2 signing and celebration

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SSTL's team in Abuja, Nigeria are pleased to announce that the NigeriaSat-2 contract was signed this morning by the Minister of Science & Technology of Nigeria Prof. Turner Isoun, Prof. Boroffice (Director General NASRDA) and SSTL CEO Sir Martin Sweeting.

The Minister congratulated SSTL on the performance of NigeriaSat-1, the training of Nigerian personnel and for enabling Nigeria to take its first steps into space for the benefit of the nation: he now looks forward to building on this excellent relationship with SSTL to make NigeriaSat-2 an even greater success.

NigeriaSat-2 promises to provide valuable services to Nigeria and to Africa, such as monitoring water resources and assisting the response to natural disasters.

The signing ceremony was attended by about 100 people including TV and press. A celebration lunch is now about to commence hosted by NASRDA and this evening Sir Richard Gozeny will host a dinner at the the UK High Commission for the Minister, Permanent Secretary, DG NASRDA, SSTL & TeleSat.

This entry was posted by Robin Wolstenholme on Monday, November 6. 2006 at 13:06. and is filed under Business, NIGERIASAT-2. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own blog. All new comments are subject to moderation before being displayed.
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