Nimbus 6

Summary

Nimbus 6 is a weather satellite^[1]. It draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #22 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nimbus 6's image is recorded as Nimbus rendering.jpg^[3].
• Nimbus 6's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[4].
• Nimbus 6's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft^[5].
• Nimbus 6's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[6].
• Nimbus 6's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[7].
• Nimbus 6's follows is recorded as Nimbus 5^[8].
• Nimbus 6's followed by is recorded as Nimbus 7^[9].
• Nimbus 6's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation^[10].
• Nimbus 6's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1975-052A^[11].
• Nimbus 6's part of is recorded as Nimbus program^[12].
• Nimbus 6's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta 2000^[13].
• Nimbus 6's SCN is recorded as 07924^[14].
• Nimbus 6's country of origin is recorded as United States^[15].
• Nimbus 6's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[16].
• Nimbus 6's type of orbit is recorded as polar orbit^[17].
• Nimbus 6's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1975-06-12T00:00:00Z^[18].
• Nimbus 6's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[19].
• Nimbus 6's significant event is recorded as service retirement^[20].
• Nimbus 6's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 West^[21].
• Nimbus 6's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+585'}^[22].
• Nimbus 6's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pxxnrnbs^[23].
• Nimbus 6's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "07924"]^[24].
• Nimbus 6's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1975-052A^[25].

Why It Matters

Nimbus 6 draws 8 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #22 of 77).^[2]