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Astra 2B

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Astra 2B

Summary

Astra 2B is a communications satellite[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Astra 2B's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[3].
  • Astra 2B's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2000-054A[4].
  • Astra 2B's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 5G[5].
  • Astra 2B's SCN is recorded as 26494[6].
  • Astra 2B's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[7].
  • Astra 2B's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2000-09-14T00:00:00Z[8].
  • Astra 2B's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04jph3p[9].
  • Astra 2B's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[10].
  • Astra 2B's start point is recorded as ELA-3[11].
  • Astra 2B's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "26494"][12].

Why It Matters

Astra 2B ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[13]

Related Entities

Ariane 5G communications satellite

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [13] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Astra 2B. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/astra-2b
MLA “Astra 2B.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/astra-2b.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_astra-2b_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Astra 2B}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/astra-2b}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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