AMC-3

communications satellite launched 1997
Vehicle communications_satellite Q4652553
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AMC-3

Summary

AMC-3 is a communications satellite[1]. AMC-3 ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • AMC-3's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[3].
  • AMC-3's operator is recorded as SES Americom[4].
  • AMC-3's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1997-050A[5].
  • AMC-3's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas II[6].
  • AMC-3's SCN is recorded as 24936[7].
  • AMC-3's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[8].
  • AMC-3's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1997-09-04T00:00:00Z[9].
  • AMC-3's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/08h0tc[10].
  • AMC-3's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[11].
  • AMC-3's replaced by is recorded as SES-10[12].
  • AMC-3's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Launch Complex 36[13].
  • AMC-3's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "24936"][14].

Why It Matters

AMC-3 ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).[2] AMC-3 is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [15] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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