AMC-9

retired commercial broadcast communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q16061254
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AMC-9

Summary

AMC-9 is a communications satellite[1]. AMC-9 ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • AMC-9 is in the country of United States[3].
  • AMC-9's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[4].
  • AMC-9's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite[5].
  • AMC-9's instance of is recorded as derelict satellite[6].
  • AMC-9's manufacturer is recorded as Alcatel Space[7].
  • AMC-9's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2003-024A[8].
  • AMC-9's space launch vehicle is recorded as Proton-K[9].
  • AMC-9's SCN is recorded as 27820[10].
  • AMC-9's country of origin is recorded as France[11].
  • AMC-9's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[12].
  • AMC-9's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[13].
  • AMC-9's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2003-06-06T00:00:00Z[14].
  • AMC-9's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-3000B3[15].
  • AMC-9's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[16].
  • AMC-9's significant event is recorded as anomaly[17].
  • AMC-9's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning[18].
  • AMC-9's space tug is recorded as Briz-M[19].
  • AMC-9's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200[20].
  • AMC-9's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+4100'}[21].
  • AMC-9's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1663'}[22].
  • AMC-9's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pxxns_t3[23].
  • AMC-9's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "27820"][24].
  • AMC-9's service life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+15'}[25].
  • AMC-9's service life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+14.5'}[26].
  • AMC-9's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2003-024A[27].

Why It Matters

AMC-9 ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (13 views/month).[2] AMC-9 is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov. orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov. orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov. orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov. orbitaldebris.jsc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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