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Orion

crewed spacecraft designed for the Artemis program
Class type of: space capsule, crewed spacecraft, reusable spacecraft Q211727
Orion

Facts

16 properties
Instance of
vehicle model
Inception
August 22, 2006[11]
Official website
www.nasa.gov[12]
Subclass of
space capsule, crewed spacecraft, reusable spacecraft[5][6][7]
Part of
Artemis program[8]
Country of origin
United States[9]
Diameter
+5.03[19]
Different from
Raumschiff Orion, Raumpatrouille, Raumpatrouille Orion – Rücksturz ins Kino[15][16][17]
Manufacturer
Lockheed Martin, Airbus Defence and Space[3][4]
Mass
+33446[18]
Named after
Orion[2]
Native label
Orion[14]
Replaces
Crew Exploration Vehicle[13]
Service life
+21.1[20]
Social media followers
761k (433k–761k, n=4)[21][22][23][24]
Type of orbit
low Earth orbit[10]
🏷️ Also known as
en Orion en Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle en MPCV ar أوريون cs MPCV cs Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle de CEV de Orion CEV Raumschiff de Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle de Raumschiff Orion de Orion-Raumschiff de Crew Exploration Vehicle de Orion MPCV es Orion es Crew Exploration Vehicle es Orión fa اوریون fi Orbital Space Plane fi Orion-alus fi Crew Exploration Vehicle
🔖 Identifiers · 13
Library of Congress authority ID
sh2017005215
BBC News topic ID
c12pgwnr7nmt
BBC Things ID
26e137f8-d4ec-467b-b1ed-d3a79ed99418
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/Orion-spacecraft
Freebase ID
/m/02bgg5
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Orion_-_romfartøy
HuijiWiki article ID
sat:猎户座飞船
Lex ID
Orion_-_rumfartøj
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987012575168505171
Topic's main category
Category:Orion (spacecraft)
X (Twitter) username
NASA_Orion
Yale LUX ID
concept/718a3c56-08ef-447d-b14e-ee53cf0808de
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Zhihu topic ID
20011654
🔗 Connections
Examples 3
Orion 001, Orion 002, Orion Abort Test Booster
Subclass of 3
space capsule, reusable spacecraft, crewed spacecraft
Manufacturer 2
Lockheed Martin, Airbus Defence and Space
← Uses 2
Artemis program, Constellation program
Contained subdivisions 1
Orion Gazette
Country of origin 1
United States
Different from 1
Raumpatrouille
Has these parts 1
European Service Module
Named after 1
Orion
Part of 1
Artemis program
Replaces 1
Crew Exploration Vehicle
Topic's main category 1
Category:Orion (spacecraft)
Type of orbit 1
low Earth orbit
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Orion (spacecraft)
← Different from 1
Raumpatrouille
← FactGrid item ID 1
Potters Bar
← Replaced by 1
Crew Exploration Vehicle
← Sponsor 1
Orion Book Award
← Vessel 1
Artemis IV
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Summary

Orion is a vehicle model[1].

Related Entities

crewed spacecraft Crew Exploration Vehicle Lockheed Martin Orion 001 Orion 002 Orion Abort Test Booster reusable spacecraft space capsule United States

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  17. [18] ↑ . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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