Nigeriasat-2 and Nigeriasat-X satellites landed at Orsk Airport

15:00, June 10, 2011, Moscow. An airplane carrying SSTL Nigeriasat-2 and Nigeriasat-X satellites and their associated ground support equipment landed at Orsk Airport. Currently SC and GSE offloading operations are being performed, after which the spacecraft will be transported to Yasny launch base.

The primary payload of the mission – Sich-2 satellite, and BPA-2 of the State Space Agency of Ukraine had been delivered to Yasny launch base earlier.

RASAT of Space Research Technology Institute of Turkey (TUBITAK UZAY), EDUSAT of the La Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, and Aprizesat-5 and Aprizesat-6 of SpaceQuest, USA are expected to arrive in the near future.