CALIPSO

decommissioned joint NASA and CNES Earth observation satellite
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CALIPSO

Summary

CALIPSO is an Earth observation satellite[1]. CALIPSO draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (earth_observation_satellite category, ranking #29 of 214).[2]

Key Facts

  • CALIPSO is in the country of United States[3].
  • CALIPSO is in the country of France[4].
  • CALIPSO's image is recorded as CALIPSO spacecraft model.png[5].
  • CALIPSO's instance of is recorded as Earth observation satellite[6].
  • CALIPSO's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[7].
  • CALIPSO's operator is recorded as CNES[8].
  • CALIPSO's manufacturer is recorded as Alcatel Space[9].
  • CALIPSO's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2006-016B[10].
  • CALIPSO's Commons category is recorded as CALIPSO (spacecraft)[11].
  • CALIPSO's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta II[12].
  • CALIPSO's SCN is recorded as 29108[13].
  • CALIPSO's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[14].
  • CALIPSO's type of orbit is recorded as Sun-synchronous orbit[15].
  • CALIPSO's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2006-04-28T00:00:00Z[16].
  • CALIPSO's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/095_5l[17].
  • CALIPSO's spacecraft bus is recorded as PROTEUS[18].
  • CALIPSO's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • CALIPSO's significant event is recorded as service retirement[20].
  • CALIPSO's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning[21].
  • CALIPSO's official website is recorded as https://www.nasa.gov/calipso[22].
  • CALIPSO's official website is recorded as https://calipso.cnes.fr/en/[23].
  • CALIPSO's official website is recorded as https://calipso.cnes.fr/fr/[24].
  • CALIPSO's official website is recorded as https://www-calipso.larc.nasa.gov/[25].
  • CALIPSO's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 West[26].
  • CALIPSO's short name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'CALIPSO'}[27].

Why It Matters

CALIPSO draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (earth_observation_satellite category, ranking #29 of 214).[2] CALIPSO has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] CALIPSO is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . atrain.nasa.gov. atrain.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . calipso.cnes.fr. calipso.cnes.fr. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . atrain.nasa.gov. atrain.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_calipso_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{CALIPSO}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/calipso}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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