Nigeria launches two satellites into orbit to monitor natural disasters
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International Business Times Inc.
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Nigeria worked with UK engineers on the project of two satellites will provide Nigeria with the ability to enhance food security through monthly crop monitoring and a variety of other applications, including the monitoring of disaster-prone areas in Nigerian territory, that sees extreme weather conditions such as severe droughts in the dry season and devastating rainfall in the wet season.