Gaia

Summary

Gaia is a space telescope^[1]. Gaia ranks in the top 5% of space_telescope entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (539 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Gaia's image is recorded as Maquette de Gaia salon du Bourget 2013 DSC 0191.JPG^[3].
• Gaia's instance of is recorded as space telescope^[4].
• Gaia's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Earth^[5].
• Gaia's operator is recorded as European Space Agency^[6].
• Gaia is named after Gaia^[7].
• interferometer is named after Gaia^[8].
• Gaia's logo image is recorded as Gaia mission insignia.png^[9].
• Gaia's follows is recorded as Hipparcos^[10].
• Gaia's manufacturer is recorded as Astrium^[11].
• Gaia's manufacturer is recorded as Teledyne e2v^[12].
• Gaia's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 133881563^[13].
• Gaia's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n2001009764^[14].
• Gaia's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2013-074A^[15].
• Gaia's part of is recorded as European Space Agency^[16].
• Gaia's Commons category is recorded as Gaia (spacecraft)^[17].
• Gaia's space launch vehicle is recorded as Soyuz-2.1b^[18].
• Gaia's SCN is recorded as 39479^[19].
• Gaia's type of orbit is recorded as Lissajous orbit^[20].
• Gaia's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2013-12-19T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Gaia's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03d24k^[22].
• Gaia's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph867770^[23].
• Gaia's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[24].
• Gaia's official website is recorded as https://sci.esa.int/gaia/^[25].
• Gaia's launch contractor is recorded as Arianespace^[26].
• Gaia's Lagrangian point is recorded as L2 Earth-Sun^[27].

Why It Matters

Gaia ranks in the top 5% of space_telescope entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (539 views/month).^[2] Gaia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Gaia is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]