Lunar Flashlight

Summary

Lunar Flashlight is a CubeSat^[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of cubesat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Lunar Flashlight's image is recorded as Illustration of Lunar Flashlight (PIA25626) (cropped).jpg^[3].
• Lunar Flashlight's instance of is recorded as CubeSat^[4].
• Lunar Flashlight's operator is recorded as Jet Propulsion Laboratory^[5].
• Lunar Flashlight's manufacturer is recorded as Jet Propulsion Laboratory^[6].
• Lunar Flashlight's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2022-168B^[7].
• Lunar Flashlight's Commons category is recorded as Lunar Flashlight^[8].
• Lunar Flashlight's space launch vehicle is recorded as Falcon 9 Block 5^[9].
• Lunar Flashlight's SCN is recorded as 54697^[10].
• Lunar Flashlight's orbit diagram is recorded as Animation of Lunar Flashlight around Earth.gif^[11].
• Lunar Flashlight's country of origin is recorded as United States^[12].
• Lunar Flashlight's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[13].
• Lunar Flashlight's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2022-12-11T00:00:00Z^[14].
• Lunar Flashlight's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0139vd3q^[15].
• Lunar Flashlight's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[16].
• Lunar Flashlight's significant event is recorded as mission termination^[17].
• Lunar Flashlight's official website is recorded as https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/lunar-flashlight^[18].
• Lunar Flashlight's launch contractor is recorded as SpaceX^[19].
• Lunar Flashlight's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 40^[20].
• Lunar Flashlight's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+11.62'}^[21].
• Lunar Flashlight's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+36.6'}^[22].
• Lunar Flashlight's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q174728', 'amount': '+23.94'}^[23].
• Lunar Flashlight's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+14'}^[24].
• Lunar Flashlight's NAIF ID is recorded as -164^[25].
• Lunar Flashlight's schematic is recorded as Lunar-Flashlight-CubeSat-Reflectometer-without-labels.png^[26].
• Lunar Flashlight's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 2022-168B^[27].

Why It Matters

Lunar Flashlight ranks in the top 2% of cubesat entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (49 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28]