Kuiper Airborne Observatory

airborne infrared observatory operated by NASA
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Kuiper Airborne Observatory

Summary

Kuiper Airborne Observatory is a Lockheed C-141A Starlifter[1]. It draws 135 Wikipedia views per month (lockheed_c_141a_starlifter category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]

Key Facts

  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory is in the country of United States[3].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's image is recorded as NASA C-141A KAO.jpg[4].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's instance of is recorded as Lockheed C-141A Starlifter[5].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's instance of is recorded as airborne observatory[6].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[7].
  • Gerard Kuiper is named after Kuiper Airborne Observatory[8].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's manufacturer is recorded as Lockheed Corporation[9].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 123245898[10].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n87128092[11].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's Commons category is recorded as Kuiper Airborne Observatory[12].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's callsign of airline is recorded as NASA 714[13].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 37.416111111111114, 'lon': -122.05472222222222}[14].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/02mxrn[15].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's significant event is recorded as construction[16].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's significant event is recorded as delivery[17].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's significant event is recorded as acquisition[18].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's significant event is recorded as service entry[19].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's significant event is recorded as service retirement[20].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's replaced by is recorded as Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy[21].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Kuiper-Airborne-Observatory[22].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's serial number is recorded as 300-6110[23].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's serial number is recorded as 714[24].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2779043530[25].
  • Kuiper Airborne Observatory's Yale LUX ID is recorded as group/0f7e48de-f176-44c0-8c4b-c7a9e24e223a[26].

Why It Matters

Kuiper Airborne Observatory draws 135 Wikipedia views per month (lockheed_c_141a_starlifter category, ranking #1 of 1).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . joebaugher.com. joebaugher.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . registry.faa.gov. registry.faa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . history.arc.nasa.gov. history.arc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . history.arc.nasa.gov. history.arc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . joebaugher.com. joebaugher.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . joebaugher.com. joebaugher.com. Provenance: 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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