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AfriStar

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AfriStar

Summary

AfriStar is a communications satellite[1]. AfriStar ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • AfriStar's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[3].
  • AfriStar's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1998-063A[4].
  • AfriStar's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 44L[5].
  • AfriStar's SCN is recorded as 25515[6].
  • AfriStar's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[7].
  • AfriStar's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1998-10-28T00:00:00Z[8].
  • AfriStar's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/064r83z[9].
  • AfriStar's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[10].
  • AfriStar's start point is recorded as ELA-2[11].
  • AfriStar's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "25515"][12].

Why It Matters

AfriStar ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3 views/month).[2]

Related Entities

Ariane 44L communications satellite

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). AfriStar. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/afristar
MLA “AfriStar.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/afristar.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_afristar_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{AfriStar}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/afristar}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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