COMETS

Japanese communications demonstration satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q48621
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COMETS

Summary

COMETS is a communications satellite[1]. COMETS is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

Key Facts

  • COMETS is in the country of Japan[3].
  • COMETS's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[4].
  • COMETS's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft[5].
  • COMETS's operator is recorded as National Space Development Agency[6].
  • COMETS's manufacturer is recorded as National Space Development Agency[7].
  • COMETS's manufacturer is recorded as Communications Research Laboratory[8].
  • COMETS's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1998-011A[9].
  • COMETS's space launch vehicle is recorded as H-II[10].
  • COMETS's SCN is recorded as 25175[11].
  • COMETS's country of origin is recorded as Japan[12].
  • COMETS's type of orbit is recorded as recurrent orbit[13].
  • COMETS's type of orbit is recorded as highly elliptical orbit[14].
  • COMETS's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1998-02-21T00:00:00Z[15].
  • COMETS's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[16].
  • COMETS's significant event is recorded as launch failure[17].
  • COMETS's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning[18].
  • COMETS's start point is recorded as Yoshinobu Launch Complex Launch Pad 1[19].
  • COMETS's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+3900'}[20].
  • COMETS's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1214g5zk[21].
  • COMETS's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "25175"][22].
  • COMETS's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1998-011A[23].

Why It Matters

COMETS is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]

References

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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] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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