AsiaSat 8
Hong Kong commercial communication satellite
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AsiaSat 8
Summary
AsiaSat 8 is a communications satellite[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- AsiaSat 8 is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
- AsiaSat 8's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[4].
- AsiaSat 8's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite[5].
- AsiaSat 8's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Earth[6].
- AsiaSat 8's operator is recorded as AsiaSat[7].
- AsiaSat 8's follows is recorded as AMOS-6[8].
- AsiaSat 8's followed by is recorded as AMOS-17[9].
- AsiaSat 8's manufacturer is recorded as Lanteris Space Systems[10].
- AsiaSat 8's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2014-046A[11].
- AsiaSat 8's space launch vehicle is recorded as Falcon 9 v1.1[12].
- AsiaSat 8's SCN is recorded as 40107[13].
- AsiaSat 8's parent astronomical body is recorded as Earth[14].
- AsiaSat 8's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[15].
- AsiaSat 8's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[16].
- AsiaSat 8's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2014-08-05T00:00:00Z[17].
- AsiaSat 8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/011c506h[18].
- AsiaSat 8's spacecraft bus is recorded as Lanteris 1300[19].
- AsiaSat 8's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[20].
- AsiaSat 8's significant event is recorded as service entry[21].
- AsiaSat 8's significant event is recorded as lease[22].
- AsiaSat 8's official website is recorded as https://www.asiasat.com/satellite-fleet/asiasat-8[23].
- AsiaSat 8's official website is recorded as https://www.amos-spacecom.com/satellite/amos-7/[24].
- AsiaSat 8's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.0002164'}[25].
- AsiaSat 8's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40[26].
- AsiaSat 8's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+4535'}[27].
Why It Matters
AsiaSat 8 ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]