Eutelsat 5 West A

decommissioned geostationary communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q448667
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Eutelsat 5 West A

Summary

Eutelsat 5 West An is a communications satellite[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Eutelsat 5 West A's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[3].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite[4].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's instance of is recorded as derelict satellite[5].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's operator is recorded as Eutelsat[6].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's manufacturer is recorded as Alcatel Space[7].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2002-035A[8].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's part of is recorded as Eutelsat 5° West[9].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 5G[10].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's SCN is recorded as 27460[11].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's country of origin is recorded as France[12].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[13].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's powered by is recorded as S400[14].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[15].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2002-07-05T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-3000B3[17].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's service retirement is recorded as +2023-01-13T00:00:00Z[18].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's significant event is recorded as service entry[20].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning[21].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's official website is recorded as https://www.eutelsat.com/en/satellites/eutelsat-5-west.html[22].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's space tug is recorded as EPS L9.7[23].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's replaced by is recorded as Eutelsat 5 West B[24].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's start point is recorded as ELA-3[25].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+4050'}[26].
  • Eutelsat 5 West A's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1805'}[27].

Why It Matters

Eutelsat 5 West A ranks in the top 6% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . spacenews.com. spacenews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . satbeams.com. satbeams.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . satbeams.com. satbeams.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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