Canadarm

series of robotic arms used to manipulate payloads on Space Shuttle orbiters
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Canadarm

Summary

Canadarm ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (400 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Canadarm's image is recorded as Canadarm 1 - STS-72.jpg[2].
  • Canadarm's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[3].
  • Canadarm's manufacturer is recorded as SPAR Aerospace[4].
  • Canadarm's subclass of is recorded as robotic arm[5].
  • Canadarm's subclass of is recorded as payload[6].
  • Canadarm's part of is recorded as Space Shuttle orbiter[7].
  • Canadarm's Commons category is recorded as Canadarm[8].
  • Canadarm's country of origin is recorded as Canada[9].
  • Canadarm's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0379p0[10].
  • Canadarm's service entry is recorded as +1981-11-00T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Canadarm's service retirement is recorded as +2011-07-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Canadarm's total produced is recorded as {'amount': '+5'}[13].
  • Canadarm's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+15.2'}[14].
  • Canadarm's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+410'}[15].
  • Canadarm's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+0.38'}[16].
  • Canadarm's Quora topic ID is recorded as Canadarm[17].
  • Canadarm's Google Doodle is recorded as anniversary-of-the-1st-use-of-the-canadarm-in-space[18].
  • Canadarm's Canadian Encyclopedia article ID is recorded as canadarm[19].
  • Canadarm's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 405271[20].

Why It Matters

Canadarm ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (400 views/month).[1] Canadarm has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] Canadarm is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] . spacenet.on.ca. spacenet.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . space.com. space.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . nasaspaceflight.com. nasaspaceflight.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . spacenet.on.ca. spacenet.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . spacenet.on.ca. spacenet.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . spacenet.on.ca. spacenet.on.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . Quora. wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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