Read the passage below carefully and answer the question that follows:
Established on May 5, 1999, under the Ministry of Science and Technology, the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA) was tasked with consolidating Nigeria's satellite technology initiatives. Headquartered in Abuja, NASRDA launched Nigeria's first Earth observation satellite, NigeriaSat-1, in September 2003 from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, rather than a domestic facility. Built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd in the United Kingdom, the satellite was primarily designed to monitor environmental disasters and manage natural resources across West Africa. Although initial operational funding was drawn directly from the federal capital budget, technical maintenance of the ground receiving station in Abuja was managed jointly with indigenous engineers. By 2011, NASRDA had launched NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X, marking Nigeria's transition toward locally designed space hardware.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is explicitly true regarding NigeriaSat-1?
- It was deployed into orbit from a foreign launch site rather than within Nigeria.Cevap
- BIt was completely manufactured and independently maintained by indigenous Nigerian engineers.
- CIt was financed primarily through foreign development grants provided by the United Kingdom.
- DIt represented Nigeria's first piece of locally designed space hardware.