Nimbus 2

Summary

Nimbus 2 is a weather satellite^[1]. It draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #21 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nimbus 2's image is recorded as Nimbus rendering.jpg^[3].
• Nimbus 2's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[4].
• Nimbus 2's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft^[5].
• Nimbus 2's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[6].
• Nimbus 2's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[7].
• Nimbus 2's follows is recorded as Nimbus 1^[8].
• Nimbus 2's followed by is recorded as Nimbus B^[9].
• Nimbus 2's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation^[10].
• Nimbus 2's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1966-040A^[11].
• Nimbus 2's part of is recorded as Nimbus program^[12].
• Nimbus 2's Commons category is recorded as Nimbus 2^[13].
• Nimbus 2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Agena B^[14].
• Nimbus 2's SCN is recorded as 02173^[15].
• Nimbus 2's country of origin is recorded as United States^[16].
• Nimbus 2's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[17].
• Nimbus 2's type of orbit is recorded as polar orbit^[18].
• Nimbus 2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1966-05-15T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Nimbus 2's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1969-01-17T00:00:00Z^[20].
• Nimbus 2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[21].
• Nimbus 2's significant event is recorded as failure^[22].
• Nimbus 2's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry^[23].
• Nimbus 2's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 East^[24].
• Nimbus 2's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+413'}^[25].
• Nimbus 2's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pxxnt4cm^[26].
• Nimbus 2's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "02173"]^[27].

Why It Matters

Nimbus 2 draws 14 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #21 of 77).^[2]