Himawari 8

Japanese weather satellite
Vehicle weather_satellite Q18195739
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Himawari 8

Summary

Himawari 8 is a weather satellite[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of weather_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Himawari 8 is in the country of Japan[3].
  • Himawari 8's image is recorded as Himawari 8 Full Disk Aug 21 2015 0210Z.jpg[4].
  • Himawari 8's instance of is recorded as weather satellite[5].
  • Himawari 8's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[6].
  • Himawari 8's instance of is recorded as geostationary satellite[7].
  • Himawari 8's operator is recorded as Japan Civil Aviation Bureau[8].
  • Himawari 8's operator is recorded as Japan Meteorological Agency[9].
  • Himawari 8's follows is recorded as MTSat-2[10].
  • Himawari 8's followed by is recorded as Himawari 9[11].
  • Himawari 8's manufacturer is recorded as Mitsubishi Electric[12].
  • Himawari 8's manufacturer is recorded as Boeing Defense, Space & Security[13].
  • Himawari 8's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2014-060A[14].
  • Himawari 8's part of is recorded as Himawari[15].
  • Himawari 8's Commons category is recorded as Himawari 8 images[16].
  • Himawari 8's space launch vehicle is recorded as H-IIA[17].
  • Himawari 8's SCN is recorded as 40267[18].
  • Himawari 8's country of origin is recorded as Japan[19].
  • Himawari 8's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[20].
  • Himawari 8's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[21].
  • Himawari 8's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2014-10-07T00:00:00Z[22].
  • Himawari 8's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0121lcr_[23].
  • Himawari 8's spacecraft bus is recorded as DS2000[24].
  • Himawari 8's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[25].
  • Himawari 8's significant event is recorded as service entry[26].
  • Himawari 8's significant event is recorded as service retirement[27].

Why It Matters

Himawari 8 ranks in the top 5% of weather_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (51 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . 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] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . sorae.info. sorae.info. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . data.jma.go.jp. data.jma.go.jp. 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.

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