Bothsatelliteswere built at SurreysatelliteTechnologyLimited (SSTL) in Guildford, undercontractwith the NigerianNationalSpaceResearchand Development Agency (NASRDA).
"We've just collected images over Mali, which we've handed over to the armed forces because we believe they will be helpful to them in the peacekeeping mission over there, " says Seidu Mohammed, director-general of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA).