Magellan

Summary

Magellan is a planetary probe^[1]. Magellan draws 517 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_probe category, ranking #4 of 28).^[2]

Key Facts

• Magellan's image is recorded as Magellan - artist depiction.png^[3].
• Magellan's instance of is recorded as planetary probe^[4].
• Magellan's instance of is recorded as orbiter^[5].
• Magellan's instance of is recorded as former entity^[6].
• Magellan's operator is recorded as Jet Propulsion Laboratory^[7].
• Ferdinand Magellan is named after Magellan^[8].
• Magellan's logo image is recorded as Mgnlogo3 small.gif^[9].
• Magellan's manufacturer is recorded as Martin Marietta^[10].
• Magellan's manufacturer is recorded as Hughes Aircraft Company^[11].
• Magellan's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1989-033B^[12].
• Magellan's Commons category is recorded as Magellan (spacecraft)^[13].
• Magellan's space launch vehicle is recorded as Space Shuttle^[14].
• Magellan's SCN is recorded as 19969^[15].
• Magellan's parent astronomical body is recorded as Venus^[16].
• Magellan's country of origin is recorded as United States^[17].
• Magellan's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[18].
• Magellan's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1989-05-04T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Magellan's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1994-10-13T00:00:00Z^[20].
• Magellan's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/01m0jq^[21].
• Magellan's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[22].
• Magellan's significant event is recorded as deployment^[23].
• Magellan's significant event is recorded as orbit insertion^[24].
• Magellan's significant event is recorded as loss of signal^[25].
• Magellan's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry^[26].
• Magellan's official website is recorded as https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/missions/magellan/in-depth^[27].

Why It Matters

Magellan draws 517 Wikipedia views per month (planetary_probe category, ranking #4 of 28).^[2] Magellan has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[28] Magellan is known by 17 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[29]