Nimbus 7

Summary

Nimbus 7 is a weather satellite^[1]. It draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #21 of 77).^[2]

Key Facts

• Nimbus 7's image is recorded as Nimbus rendering.jpg^[3].
• Nimbus 7's instance of is recorded as weather satellite^[4].
• Nimbus 7's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft^[5].
• Nimbus 7's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Earth^[6].
• Nimbus 7's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration^[7].
• Nimbus 7's operator is recorded as National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration^[8].
• Nimbus 7's follows is recorded as Nimbus 6^[9].
• Nimbus 7's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation^[10].
• Nimbus 7's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1978-098A^[11].
• Nimbus 7's part of is recorded as Nimbus program^[12].
• Nimbus 7's Commons category is recorded as Nimbus 7^[13].
• Nimbus 7's space launch vehicle is recorded as Delta 2000^[14].
• Nimbus 7's SCN is recorded as 11080^[15].
• Nimbus 7's country of origin is recorded as United States^[16].
• Nimbus 7's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[17].
• Nimbus 7's type of orbit is recorded as polar orbit^[18].
• Nimbus 7's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1978-10-24T00:00:00Z^[19].
• Nimbus 7's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[20].
• Nimbus 7's significant event is recorded as service retirement^[21].
• Nimbus 7's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 2 West^[22].
• Nimbus 7's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+832'}^[23].
• Nimbus 7's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pxxny483^[24].
• Nimbus 7's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "11080"]^[25].
• Nimbus 7's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1978-098A^[26].

Why It Matters

Nimbus 7 draws 19 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #21 of 77).^[2]