LAGEOS-2

second of two satellites in the LAGEOS mission
Vehicle geodetic_satellite Q84057139
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LAGEOS-2

Summary

LAGEOS-2 is a geodetic satellite[1].

Key Facts

  • LAGEOS-2 is in the country of Italy[2].
  • LAGEOS-2's image is recorded as STS-52 LAGEOS-II deployment.jpg[3].
  • LAGEOS-2's instance of is recorded as geodetic satellite[4].
  • LAGEOS-2's instance of is recorded as passive satellite[5].
  • LAGEOS-2's follows is recorded as LAGEOS-1[6].
  • LAGEOS-2's manufacturer is recorded as Alenia Spazio[7].
  • LAGEOS-2's made from material is recorded as aluminium[8].
  • LAGEOS-2's made from material is recorded as brass[9].
  • LAGEOS-2's made from material is recorded as fused quartz[10].
  • LAGEOS-2's made from material is recorded as germanium[11].
  • LAGEOS-2's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1992-070B[12].
  • LAGEOS-2's part of is recorded as LAGEOS[13].
  • LAGEOS-2's Commons category is recorded as LAGEOS-II[14].
  • LAGEOS-2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Space Shuttle[15].
  • LAGEOS-2's SCN is recorded as 22195[16].
  • LAGEOS-2's type of orbit is recorded as medium Earth orbit[17].
  • LAGEOS-2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1992-10-22T00:00:00Z[18].
  • LAGEOS-2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • LAGEOS-2's described by source is recorded as LAGEOS II pericenter general relativistic precession (1993–2005): Error budget and constraints in gravitational physics[20].
  • LAGEOS-2's described by source is recorded as LAGEOS II perigee rate and eccentricity vector excitations residuals and the Yarkovsky–Schach effect[21].
  • LAGEOS-2's start point is recorded as Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B[22].
  • LAGEOS-2's vessel is recorded as Columbia[23].
  • LAGEOS-2's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+405.38'}[24].
  • LAGEOS-2's diameter is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+60'}[25].
  • LAGEOS-2's has part is recorded as corner reflector[26].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] . earth.gsfc.nasa.gov. earth.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [8] . earth.gsfc.nasa.gov. earth.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [9] . earth.gsfc.nasa.gov. earth.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [10] . lageos.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. lageos.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [11] . lageos.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. lageos.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [13] . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  16. [17] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  19. [20] . wikidata.org.
  20. [21] . wikidata.org.
  21. [22] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  22. [23] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  23. [24] . lageos.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. lageos.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [25] . lageos.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. lageos.cddis.eosdis.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [26] . earth.gsfc.nasa.gov. earth.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

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