BlueWalker 3

Summary

BlueWalker 3 is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• BlueWalker 3's image is recorded as BlueWalker 3 imaged from the ground (ann23034b).jpg^[3].
• BlueWalker 3's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• BlueWalker 3's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft^[5].
• BlueWalker 3's operator is recorded as AST SpaceMobile^[6].
• BlueWalker 3's follows is recorded as BlueWalker 1^[7].
• BlueWalker 3's manufacturer is recorded as AST SpaceMobile^[8].
• BlueWalker 3's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2022-111AL^[9].
• BlueWalker 3's Commons category is recorded as BlueWalker 3^[10].
• BlueWalker 3's space launch vehicle is recorded as Falcon 9 Block 5^[11].
• BlueWalker 3's SCN is recorded as 53807^[12].
• BlueWalker 3's country of origin is recorded as United States^[13].
• BlueWalker 3's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2022-09-11T00:00:00Z^[14].
• BlueWalker 3's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[15].
• BlueWalker 3's described by source is recorded as Bright satellites are disrupting astronomy research worldwide^[16].
• BlueWalker 3's start point is recorded as Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A^[17].
• BlueWalker 3's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1500'}^[18].
• BlueWalker 3's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2022111AL^[19].

Why It Matters

BlueWalker 3 ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7 views/month).^[2]