Iridium 8

communications satellite operated by Iridium Communications
Vehicle communications_satellite Q111498609
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Iridium 8

Summary

Iridium 8 is a communications satellite[1].

Key Facts

  • Iridium 8's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[2].
  • Iridium 8's instance of is recorded as former entity[3].
  • Iridium 8's operator is recorded as Iridium Communications[4].
  • Iridium 8's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1997-020A[5].
  • Iridium 8's part of is recorded as Iridium satellite constellation[6].
  • Iridium 8's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta II[7].
  • Iridium 8's SCN is recorded as 24792[8].
  • Iridium 8's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1997-05-05T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Iridium 8's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +2017-11-24T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Iridium 8's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[11].
  • Iridium 8's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[12].
  • Iridium 8's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 West[13].
  • Iridium 8's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "24792"][14].
  • Iridium 8's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1997-020A[15].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  3. [4] . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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