Mir

Summary

Mir is a space station^[1]. Mir draws 1,688 Wikipedia views per month (space_station category, ranking #3 of 20).^[2]

Key Facts

• Mir's image is recorded as Mir on 12 June 1998edit1.jpg^[3].
• Mir's instance of is recorded as space station^[4].
• Mir's instance of is recorded as space laboratory^[5].
• Mir's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Earth^[6].
• Mir's instance of is recorded as former entity^[7].
• Mir's coat of arms image is recorded as Mir insignia.svg^[8].
• Mir's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 137696977^[9].
• Mir's GND ID is recorded as 4475739-6^[10].
• Mir's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n96054812^[11].
• Mir's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1986-017A^[12].
• Mir's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00567715^[13].
• Mir's has use is recorded as research^[14].
• Mir's Commons category is recorded as Mir^[15].
• Mir's space launch vehicle is recorded as Proton-K^[16].
• Mir's SCN is recorded as 16609^[17].
• Mir's parent astronomical body is recorded as Earth^[18].
• Mir's type of orbit is recorded as low Earth orbit^[19].
• +1986-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Mir^[20].
• Mir's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1986-02-19T00:00:00Z^[21].
• Mir's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +2001-03-23T00:00:00Z^[22].
• Mir's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0kzv7^[23].
• Mir's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as mzk2007378590^[24].
• Mir's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[25].
• Mir's significant event is recorded as deorbit of Mir^[26].
• Mir's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry^[27].

Body

Founding

+1986-01-01T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Mir^[20].

Brands and Namesakes

Things named for Mir include 11881 Mirstation^[28], an asteroid^[29].

Why It Matters

Mir draws 1,688 Wikipedia views per month (space_station category, ranking #3 of 20).^[2] Mir has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[30] Mir is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[31]

Entities named for Mir include 11881 Mirstation^[28], an asteroid^[29].