GOES-6

American geostationary weather satellite
Vehicle weather_satellite Q3813708
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GOES-6

Summary

GOES-6 is a weather satellite[1]. GOES-6 draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #26 of 77).[2]

Key Facts

  • GOES-6's image is recorded as GOES 4-5-6-7 illustration.jpg[3].
  • GOES-6's instance of is recorded as weather satellite[4].
  • GOES-6's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite[5].
  • GOES-6's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration[6].
  • GOES-6's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[7].
  • GOES-6's follows is recorded as GOES-5[8].
  • GOES-6's followed by is recorded as GOES-7[9].
  • GOES-6's manufacturer is recorded as Boeing Satellite Development Center[10].
  • GOES-6's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1983-041A[11].
  • GOES-6's part of is recorded as Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite[12].
  • GOES-6's Commons category is recorded as GOES 6[13].
  • GOES-6's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta 3000[14].
  • GOES-6's SCN is recorded as 14050[15].
  • GOES-6's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[16].
  • GOES-6's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1983-04-28T00:00:00Z[17].
  • GOES-6's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/07kj5ms[18].
  • GOES-6's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • GOES-6's significant event is recorded as service retirement[20].
  • GOES-6's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17[21].
  • GOES-6's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+14.7'}[22].
  • GOES-6's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+660'}[23].
  • GOES-6's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+1435.1'}[24].
  • GOES-6's semi-major axis of an orbit is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+42151'}[25].
  • GOES-6's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35800.6'}[26].
  • GOES-6's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35759.4'}[27].

Why It Matters

GOES-6 draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #26 of 77).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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