Eutelsat 172B

Summary

Eutelsat 172B is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Eutelsat 172B is in the country of France^[3].
• Eutelsat 172B's image is recorded as EUTELSAT-172B-SATELLITE.jpg^[4].
• Eutelsat 172B's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[5].
• Eutelsat 172B's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Earth^[6].
• Eutelsat 172B's operator is recorded as Eutelsat^[7].
• Eutelsat 172B's manufacturer is recorded as Airbus Defence and Space^[8].
• Eutelsat 172B's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2017-029B^[9].
• Eutelsat 172B's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 5 ECA^[10].
• Eutelsat 172B's SCN is recorded as 42741^[11].
• Eutelsat 172B's country of origin is recorded as France^[12].
• Eutelsat 172B's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[13].
• Eutelsat 172B's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2017-06-01T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Eutelsat 172B's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[15].
• Eutelsat 172B's start point is recorded as Guiana Space Centre^[16].
• Eutelsat 172B's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+3551'}^[17].
• Eutelsat 172B's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11b60thrc0^[18].
• Eutelsat 172B's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "42741"]^[19].
• Eutelsat 172B's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 402338^[20].

Why It Matters

Eutelsat 172B ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[21]