Kalpana-1

Summary

Kalpana-1 is a communications satellite^[1]. Kalpana-1 ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Kalpana-1 is in the country of India^[3].
• Kalpana-1's image is recorded as METSAT Kalpana-1 during testing.png^[4].
• Kalpana-1's image is recorded as METSAT Kalpana-1 deployed view.png^[5].
• Kalpana-1's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[6].
• Kalpana-1's owned by is recorded as Indian Space Research Organisation^[7].
• Kalpana-1's operator is recorded as Indian Space Research Organisation^[8].
• Kalpana Chawla is named after Kalpana-1^[9].
• Kalpana-1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2002-043A^[10].
• Kalpana-1's Commons category is recorded as Kalpana-1^[11].
• Kalpana-1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-G^[12].
• Kalpana-1's SCN is recorded as 27525^[13].
• Kalpana-1's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary transfer orbit^[14].
• Kalpana-1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2002-09-12T00:00:00Z^[15].
• Kalpana-1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0286wf5^[16].
• Kalpana-1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[17].
• Kalpana-1's start point is recorded as Satish Dhawan Space Centre First Launch Pad^[18].
• Kalpana-1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+0'}^[19].
• Kalpana-1's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1060'}^[20].
• Kalpana-1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35779.0'}^[21].
• Kalpana-1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+35807.7'}^[22].
• Kalpana-1's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "27525"]^[23].

Why It Matters

Kalpana-1 ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12 views/month).^[2] Kalpana-1 has Wikipedia articles in 10 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[24]