artificial satellite

Summary

artificial satellite ranks in the top 0.94% of space entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,314 views/month, #2 of 213).^[1]

Key Facts

• artificial satellite is a type of satellite^[2].
• artificial satellite is a type of spacecraft^[3].
• artificial satellite is part of spacecraft constellation^[4].
• artificial satellite's Commons category is recorded as Satellites^[5].
• artificial satellite's Unicode character is recorded as 🛰^[6].
• artificial satellite's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1957^[7].
• artificial satellite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Satellites^[8].
• artificial satellite's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[9].
• artificial satellite's described by source is recorded as The New Student's Reference Work^[10].
• artificial satellite's partially coincident with is recorded as Q4203972^[11].
• artificial satellite's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox artificial satellite^[12].
• artificial satellite's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4^[13].

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Works and Contributions

Things named for artificial satellite include Satellite Beach^[14], a city in the United States^[15], in United States^[16].

Why It Matters

artificial satellite ranks in the top 0.94% of space entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,314 views/month, #2 of 213).^[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[17] It is known by 53 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[18]

Entities named for it include Satellite Beach^[14], a city in the United States^[15], in United States^[16].