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communications satellite

artificial satellite designed for telecommunications
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communications satellite

Summary

communications satellite is a spacecraft type[1]. It has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2]

Key Facts

  • communications satellite's instance of is recorded as spacecraft type[3].
  • communications satellite is a type of artificial satellite of the Earth[4].
  • communications satellite is used for satellite communication[5].
  • communications satellite's Commons category is recorded as Communication satellites[6].
  • communications satellite's Unicode character is recorded as 🛰[7].
  • communications satellite's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Communications satellites[8].
  • communications satellite's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 5[9].
  • communications satellite's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox communications satellite[10].
  • communications satellite's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11].

Why It Matters

communications satellite has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[2] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[12]

Related Entities

ABS-1A ABS-2 ABS-2A ABS-3 ABS-3A ABS-6 ABS-7 Advanced Communications Technology Satellite Advanced Extremely High Frequency Africasat AfriStar Agila-1 Alcomsat-1 Alphabus Al Yah 3 amateur radio satellite Amazonas Nexus AMC-1 AMC-10 AMC-14 AMC-15 AMC-16 AMC-18 AMC 2 AMC-21 AMC-3 AMC-4 AMC-5 AMC-6 AMC-7

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 2d ago · Olea · 2026-08-16 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → artificial-satellites-in-telecommunication
    Entityschema for this class → E532
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P12861]]: artificial satellite of the Earth, Copying from [[Q12832168]]"
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