GIOVE-A

Summary

GIOVE-An is a navigation satellite^[1]. GIOVE-A draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (navigation_satellite category, ranking #10 of 19).^[2]

Key Facts

• GIOVE-A's image is recorded as Gioveasignal.png^[3].
• GIOVE-A's instance of is recorded as navigation satellite^[4].
• GIOVE-A's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft^[5].
• GIOVE-A's operator is recorded as European Space Agency^[6].
• GIOVE-A's followed by is recorded as GIOVE-B^[7].
• GIOVE-A's manufacturer is recorded as Surrey Satellite Technology^[8].
• GIOVE-A's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2005-051A^[9].
• GIOVE-A's part of is recorded as GIOVE^[10].
• GIOVE-A's space launch vehicle is recorded as Soyuz-FG^[11].
• GIOVE-A's SCN is recorded as 28922^[12].
• GIOVE-A's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[13].
• GIOVE-A's type of orbit is recorded as medium Earth orbit^[14].
• GIOVE-A's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2005-12-28T00:00:00Z^[15].
• GIOVE-A's spacecraft bus is recorded as SSTL-900^[16].
• GIOVE-A's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[17].
• GIOVE-A's significant event is recorded as spacecraft retirement^[18].
• GIOVE-A's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning^[19].
• GIOVE-A's space tug is recorded as Fregat^[20].
• GIOVE-A's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31^[21].
• GIOVE-A's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+602'}^[22].
• GIOVE-A's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1211qml2^[23].
• GIOVE-A's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "28922"]^[24].
• GIOVE-A's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2005-051A^[25].

Why It Matters

GIOVE-A draws 3 Wikipedia views per month (navigation_satellite category, ranking #10 of 19).^[2] GIOVE-A has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[26] GIOVE-An is known by 16 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[27]