Nimbus 1

Summary

Nimbus 1 is a weather satellite^[1]. It draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #20 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nimbus 1's image is recorded as Nimbus 1.jpg^[3].
• Nimbus 1's image is recorded as Nimbus-1 europe night.jpg^[4].
• Nimbus 1's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[5].
• Nimbus 1's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft^[6].
• Nimbus 1's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[7].
• Nimbus 1's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[8].
• Nimbus 1's followed by is recorded as Nimbus 2^[9].
• Nimbus 1's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation^[10].
• Nimbus 1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1964-052A^[11].
• Nimbus 1's part of is recorded as Nimbus program^[12].
• Nimbus 1's Commons category is recorded as Nimbus 1^[13].
• Nimbus 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Agena B^[14].
• Nimbus 1's SCN is recorded as 00872^[15].
• Nimbus 1's country of origin is recorded as United States^[16].
• Nimbus 1's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[17].
• Nimbus 1's type of orbit is recorded as polar orbit^[18].
• Nimbus 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1964-08-28T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Nimbus 1's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1974-05-16T00:00:00Z^[20].
• Nimbus 1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[21].
• Nimbus 1's significant event is recorded as failure^[22].
• Nimbus 1's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry^[23].
• Nimbus 1's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 East^[24].
• Nimbus 1's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+374'}^[25].
• Nimbus 1's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1q6jyz0v8^[26].
• Nimbus 1's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00872"]^[27].

Why It Matters

Nimbus 1 draws 20 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #20 of 77).^[2]