Hitomi

failed Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite
Vehicle x_ray_astronomy_satellite Q298048
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Hitomi

Summary

Hitomi is a X-ray astronomy satellite[1]. Hitomi draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (x_ray_astronomy_satellite category, ranking #1 of 3).[2]

Key Facts

  • Hitomi's image is recorded as Astro-h schema.jpg[3].
  • Hitomi's instance of is recorded as X-ray astronomy satellite[4].
  • Hitomi's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].
  • Hitomi's operator is recorded as Institute of Space and Astronautical Science[6].
  • Hitomi's operator is recorded as Goddard Space Flight Center[7].
  • Hitomi's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2016-012A[8].
  • Hitomi's Commons category is recorded as ASTRO-H[9].
  • Hitomi's space launch vehicle is recorded as H-IIA[10].
  • Hitomi's SCN is recorded as 41337[11].
  • Hitomi's country of origin is recorded as Japan[12].
  • Hitomi was dissolved in +2016-03-26T00:00:00Z[13].
  • Hitomi's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2016-02-17T00:00:00Z[14].
  • Hitomi's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04n1zzd[15].
  • Hitomi's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[16].
  • Hitomi's significant event is recorded as failure[17].
  • Hitomi's significant event is recorded as destruction[18].
  • Hitomi's replaced by is recorded as X-ray Imaging and Spectroscopy Mission[19].
  • Hitomi's start point is recorded as Yoshinobu Launch Complex Launch Pad 1[20].
  • Hitomi's different from is recorded as Hitomi[21].
  • Hitomi's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+2700'}[22].
  • Hitomi's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Astro_H[23].
  • Hitomi's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "41337"][24].
  • Hitomi's funder is recorded as Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency[25].
  • Hitomi's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2016-012A[26].

Why It Matters

Hitomi draws 51 Wikipedia views per month (x_ray_astronomy_satellite category, ranking #1 of 3).[2] Hitomi has Wikipedia articles in 18 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] Hitomi is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

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] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . isas.jaxa.jp. isas.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . isas.jaxa.jp. isas.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. isas.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . spacenews.com. spacenews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . global.jaxa.jp. global.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . spacenews.com. spacenews.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . isas.jaxa.jp. isas.jaxa.jp. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [27] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Hitomi. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/hitomi
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_hitomi_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Hitomi}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/hitomi}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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