Iridium 33

Summary

Iridium 33 is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Iridium 33's image is recorded as Iridium satellite.jpg^[3].
• Iridium 33's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• Iridium 33's instance of is recorded as former entity^[5].
• Iridium 33's operator is recorded as Iridium Communications^[6].
• Iridium 33's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1997-051C^[7].
• Iridium 33's part of is recorded as Iridium satellite constellation^[8].
• Iridium 33's space launch vehicle is recorded as Proton-K^[9].
• Iridium 33's SCN is recorded as 24946^[10].
• Iridium 33's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1997-09-14T00:00:00Z^[11].
• Iridium 33's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05h3my5^[12].
• Iridium 33's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[13].
• Iridium 33's significant event is recorded as 2009 satellite collision^[14].
• Iridium 33's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Iridium-33^[15].
• Iridium 33's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 81/23^[16].
• Iridium 33's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+86.4'}^[17].
• Iridium 33's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+700'}^[18].
• Iridium 33's orbital period is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+100.4'}^[19].
• Iridium 33's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+793.9'}^[20].
• Iridium 33's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+779.6'}^[21].
• Iridium 33's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "24946"]^[22].

Why It Matters

Iridium 33 ranks in the top 2% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (42 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 12 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[23] It is known by 7 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[24]