ESSA-2

Summary

ESSA-2 is a weather satellite^[1]. ESSA-2 draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #26 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• ESSA-2's image is recorded as ESSA 2 TIROS.jpg^[3].
• ESSA-2's image is recorded as Hurricane Faith 1966.jpg^[4].
• ESSA-2's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[5].
• ESSA-2's operator is recorded as Environmental Science Services Administration^[6].
• ESSA-2's follows is recorded as ESSA-1^[7].
• ESSA-2's followed by is recorded as ESSA-3^[8].
• ESSA-2's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation^[9].
• ESSA-2's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1966-016A^[10].
• ESSA-2's part of is recorded as TIROS Operational System^[11].
• ESSA-2's Commons category is recorded as ESSA 2^[12].
• ESSA-2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta E^[13].
• ESSA-2's SCN is recorded as 02091^[14].
• ESSA-2's country of origin is recorded as United States^[15].
• ESSA-2's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[16].
• ESSA-2's powered by is recorded as nickel–cadmium battery^[17].
• ESSA-2's type of orbit is recorded as Sun-synchronous orbit^[18].
• ESSA-2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1966-02-28T00:00:00Z^[19].
• ESSA-2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[20].
• ESSA-2's significant event is recorded as hibernation^[21].
• ESSA-2's significant event is recorded as service retirement^[22].
• ESSA-2's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17B^[23].
• ESSA-2's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+56'}^[24].
• ESSA-2's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+286'}^[25].
• ESSA-2's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+107'}^[26].
• ESSA-2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pwgtcntg^[27].

Why It Matters

ESSA-2 draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #26 of 77).^[2] ESSA-2 is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]