OSCAR 1

Summary

OSCAR 1 is a communications satellite^[1]. It ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• OSCAR 1's image is recorded as OSCAR 1.jpg^[3].
• OSCAR 1's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• OSCAR 1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1961-034B^[5].
• OSCAR 1's Commons category is recorded as OSCAR 1^[6].
• OSCAR 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Agena B^[7].
• OSCAR 1's SCN is recorded as 00214^[8].
• OSCAR 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1961-12-12T00:00:00Z^[9].
• OSCAR 1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/010pgp_m^[10].
• OSCAR 1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[11].
• OSCAR 1's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 1^[12].
• OSCAR 1's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "00214"]^[13].

Why It Matters

OSCAR 1 ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 6 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[14]