Ariel 1

ionospheric research satellite
Vehicle artificial_satellite Q636557
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Summary

Ariel 1 is an artificial satellite[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of artificial_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ariel 1's image is recorded as Ariel 1.jpg[3].
  • Ariel 1's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite[4].
  • Ariel 1's operator is recorded as Science and Engineering Research Council[5].
  • Ariel 1's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[6].
  • Ariel 1's followed by is recorded as Ariel 2[7].
  • Ariel 1's manufacturer is recorded as Goddard Space Flight Center[8].
  • Ariel 1's manufacturer is recorded as Science and Engineering Research Council[9].
  • Ariel 1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1962-015A[10].
  • Ariel 1's part of is recorded as Ariel programme[11].
  • Ariel 1's Commons category is recorded as Ariel 1[12].
  • Ariel 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Delta[13].
  • Ariel 1's SCN is recorded as 00285[14].
  • Ariel 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1962-04-26T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Ariel 1's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1976-05-24T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Ariel 1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06w184y[17].
  • Ariel 1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[18].
  • Ariel 1's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[19].
  • Ariel 1's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17[20].
  • Ariel 1's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'kilogram', 'amount': '+62'}[21].
  • Ariel 1's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00285"][22].
  • Ariel 1's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1962-015A[23].

Why It Matters

Ariel 1 ranks in the top 4% of artificial_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (66 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[24] It is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[25]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [24] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [25] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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