Courier 1B

Summary

Courier 1B is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Courier 1B's video is recorded as 1960-10-06 Florida.webm^[3].
• Courier 1B's image is recorded as Courier-1A.jpg^[4].
• Courier 1B's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[5].
• Courier 1B's instance of is recorded as derelict satellite^[6].
• Courier 1B's operator is recorded as United States Air Force^[7].
• Courier 1B's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1960-013A^[8].
• Courier 1B's Commons category is recorded as Courier 1B^[9].
• Courier 1B's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Ablestar^[10].
• Courier 1B's SCN is recorded as 00058^[11].
• Courier 1B's type of orbit is recorded as low Earth orbit^[12].
• Courier 1B's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1960-10-04T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Courier 1B's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03smsl^[14].
• Courier 1B's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[15].
• Courier 1B's significant event is recorded as loss of contact^[16].
• Courier 1B's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.020012'}^[17].
• Courier 1B's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17B^[18].
• Courier 1B's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+28.33'}^[19].
• Courier 1B's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+230'}^[20].
• Courier 1B's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+106.85'}^[21].
• Courier 1B's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+1237'}^[22].
• Courier 1B's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+938'}^[23].
• Courier 1B's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00058"]^[24].
• Courier 1B's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1960-013A^[25].

Why It Matters

Courier 1B ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 13 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]