LEARNING-CARE CENTRE: Educational materials for

science students in Senior Secondary School

NICOM SAT 1
October 15, 2020
TOPIC: - NICOM-SAT 1
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS: - Satellite dish
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 taught Niger-sat 1
INSTRUCTIONAL OBJECTIVES: - At the end of the lesson students should be able to: -
1. Explain the concept of NICOM-SAT 1
2. State the features of NICOM-SAT 1
3. Uses of NICOM-SAT 1
CONTENT: -
NICOM- SAT 1
NigComSat-1 is a Nigerian Communication Satellite. It was launched on 14 may, 2007 in
China by China Great Wall Industry Corporation (GWIC) a subsidiary of China Aerospace
Science and Technology Corporation (CAST). It became the first Africa geosynchronous
Communication Satellite.
Nig ComSat- 1 has 4 gateways which are located in South Africa, China, Italy and Northern
Nigeria. The satellite is suppose to have a lifespan of 15 years and is to be monitored and
tracked by a ground station in Abuja while the Chinese firm, GWIC, is through its ground
station in Keshgar in North- West China is to monitor it, but Nigeria lost the satellite on11
November 2008, in orbit due to a fault with the solar panel cause by a cut to the fuel supply
link of the panel resulting in a solar flare or solar array failure. The Chinese authority replaced
the lost satellite and was tagged NIGCOMSAT R. it was successfully launched on 19
December 2011. NIGCOMSAT- 1 purpose is for communication. This goes a long way to
boost information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Nigeria.
FEATURE OF NIGCOMSAT-1
4. It was based on the Chinese DFH-4 satellite bus.
5. It has over five tones wet mass
6. It has 40 hybrid transponder and 28 active transponder i.e 4C-band, 14KU-band, 8Ka-band and
2L-band.
7. It has an hybrid payload design, stronger footprints and centre beam that is meant to maintain
it in orbit for a maximum of 15 years.
USES OF NIGC0M-SAT 1
1. TELEPRESENCE: This means to be present by electronic means in order to render services.
It includes tele-education (i.e Distance Learning), tele-medicine (i.e distance curing of illness
and disease), e-Government (i.e electronic Government), e-commerce (electronics commerce).
In all these the resource persons are not bodily present; instead, they render their services by
electronic means.
2. BROADCASTING: This involves mainly television broadcast.
3. TELECOMMUNICATION: This involve the use of telephone, mobile phones etc. This will
also go a long way to reduce the cost of making phone calls within and outside the country thus
bringing the much needed growth of the industrial and commercial sector of the economy.
4. INTERNET AND MULTIMEDIA: This involves communication and exchange of
information through the internet.
PRESENTATION
Step I: The teacher explains NICOM-SAT 1
Step II: Teacher explains concept of NICOM-SAT 1
Step III: The students chorus the general features of NICOM-SAT 1
Step IV: The teacher states the uses of NICOM-SAT 1
EVALUATION
1. Explain the concept of NIGER-SAT 1
2. State the features of Nigeria-sat 1
3. Uses of Nigeria-sat 1
ASSIGNMENT
Master five features of Nigeria-sat 1.