Nimbus 4

Summary

Nimbus 4 is a weather satellite^[1]. It draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #22 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nimbus 4's image is recorded as Nimbus rendering.jpg^[3].
• Nimbus 4's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[4].
• Nimbus 4's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft^[5].
• Nimbus 4's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[6].
• Nimbus 4's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[7].
• Nimbus 4's follows is recorded as Nimbus 3^[8].
• Nimbus 4's followed by is recorded as Nimbus 5^[9].
• Nimbus 4's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation^[10].
• Nimbus 4's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1970-025A^[11].
• Nimbus 4's part of is recorded as Nimbus program^[12].
• Nimbus 4's Commons category is recorded as Nimbus 4^[13].
• Nimbus 4's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thorad-Agena D^[14].
• Nimbus 4's SCN is recorded as 04362^[15].
• Nimbus 4's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[16].
• Nimbus 4's type of orbit is recorded as polar orbit^[17].
• Nimbus 4's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1970-04-08T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Nimbus 4's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +1980-09-30T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Nimbus 4's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[20].
• Nimbus 4's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry^[21].
• Nimbus 4's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 East^[22].
• Nimbus 4's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+619'}^[23].
• Nimbus 4's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pxxnv5q3^[24].
• Nimbus 4's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "04362"]^[25].
• Nimbus 4's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1970-025A^[26].

Why It Matters

Nimbus 4 draws 10 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #22 of 77).^[2]