Nimbus 5

Summary

Nimbus 5 is a weather satellite^[1]. It draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #26 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nimbus 5's image is recorded as Nimbus rendering.jpg^[3].
• Nimbus 5's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[4].
• Nimbus 5's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft^[5].
• Nimbus 5's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[6].
• Nimbus 5's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[7].
• Nimbus 5's follows is recorded as Nimbus 4^[8].
• Nimbus 5's followed by is recorded as Nimbus 6^[9].
• Nimbus 5's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation^[10].
• Nimbus 5's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1972-097A^[11].
• Nimbus 5's part of is recorded as Nimbus program^[12].
• Nimbus 5's Commons category is recorded as Nimbus 5^[13].
• Nimbus 5's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta 0100^[14].
• Nimbus 5's SCN is recorded as 06305^[15].
• Nimbus 5's country of origin is recorded as United States^[16].
• Nimbus 5's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[17].
• Nimbus 5's type of orbit is recorded as polar orbit^[18].
• Nimbus 5's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1972-12-11T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Nimbus 5's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[20].
• Nimbus 5's significant event is recorded as service retirement^[21].
• Nimbus 5's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 West^[22].
• Nimbus 5's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+770'}^[23].
• Nimbus 5's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pxxnzdww^[24].
• Nimbus 5's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1972-097A^[25].

Why It Matters

Nimbus 5 draws 4 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #26 of 77).^[2]