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Meridian

family of Russian communication satellites
class spacecraft_family Q1475563
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Meridian

Summary

Meridian is a spacecraft family[1]. Meridian draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (spacecraft_family category, ranking #14 of 31).[2]

Key Facts

  • Meridian's instance of is recorded as spacecraft family[3].
  • Meridian is a type of communications satellite[4].
  • Meridian's space launch vehicle is recorded as Soyuz-2.1a[5].
  • Meridian comprises Meridian[6].
  • Meridian comprises Meridian-M[7].
  • Meridian's service entry is recorded as December 24, 2006[8].
  • Meridian's native label is recorded as {'lang': 'ru', 'text': 'Меридиан'}[9].

Why It Matters

Meridian draws 75 Wikipedia views per month (spacecraft_family category, ranking #14 of 31).[2] Meridian has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10]

Related Entities

artificial satellite of the Earth communications satellite Meridian Meridian 1 Meridian 2 Meridian 3 Meridian 4 Meridian 5 Meridian 6 Meridian-M Soyuz-2.1a

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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  1. 18d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 3Q9MIC
    Instance of → spacecraft family
    Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id → —
    Encyclopedia of china (third edition) id → 402349
    + 13 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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