Geotail

ISAS and NASA geomagnetic research satellite
Vehicle geomagnetic_satellite Q49965
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Geotail

Summary

Geotail is a geomagnetic satellite[1]. Geotail draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (geomagnetic_satellite category, ranking #7 of 21).[2]

Key Facts

  • Geotail's image is recorded as Geotail satellite.jpg[3].
  • Geotail's instance of is recorded as geomagnetic satellite[4].
  • Geotail's operator is recorded as Institute of Space and Astronautical Science[5].
  • Geotail's manufacturer is recorded as Institute of Space and Astronautical Science[6].
  • Geotail's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1992-044A[7].
  • Geotail's part of is recorded as International Solar-Terrestrial Physics Science Initiative[8].
  • Geotail's Commons category is recorded as GEOTAIL[9].
  • Geotail's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta II[10].
  • Geotail's SCN is recorded as 22049[11].
  • Geotail's country of origin is recorded as Japan[12].
  • Geotail's country of origin is recorded as United States[13].
  • Geotail's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[14].
  • Geotail's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1992-07-24T00:00:00Z[15].
  • Geotail's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02618n5[16].
  • Geotail's service retirement is recorded as +2022-11-28T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Geotail's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[18].
  • Geotail's significant event is recorded as service retirement[19].
  • Geotail's official website is recorded as https://global.jaxa.jp/projects/sas/geotail/[20].
  • Geotail's official website is recorded as https://pwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/geotail.shtml[21].
  • Geotail's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17A[22].
  • Geotail's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.6'}[23].
  • Geotail's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1009'}[24].
  • Geotail's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+679'}[25].
  • Geotail's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+2.2'}[26].
  • Geotail's NAIF ID is recorded as -1[27].

Why It Matters

Geotail draws 27 Wikipedia views per month (geomagnetic_satellite category, ranking #7 of 21).[2] Geotail has Wikipedia articles in 7 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Geotail is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . isas.jaxa.jp. isas.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . isas.jaxa.jp. isas.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . directory.eoportal.org. directory.eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . naif.jpl.nasa.gov. naif.jpl.nasa.gov. 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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