Seasat

Earth-orbiting satellite designed for remote sensing of the Earth's oceans
Vehicle earth_observation_satellite Q257020
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Seasat

Summary

Seasat is an Earth observation satellite[1]. Seasat ranks in the top 8% of earth_observation_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Seasat's image is recorded as Seasat.jpg[3].
  • Seasat's instance of is recorded as Earth observation satellite[4].
  • Seasat's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[5].
  • Seasat's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1978-064A[6].
  • Seasat's Commons category is recorded as Seasat[7].
  • Seasat's space launch vehicle is recorded as Atlas-F Agena-D[8].
  • Seasat's SCN is recorded as 10967[9].
  • Seasat's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1978-06-27T00:00:00Z[10].
  • Seasat's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06c4gk[11].
  • Seasat's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[12].
  • Seasat's space tug is recorded as Agena D[13].
  • Seasat's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Seasat[14].
  • Seasat's start point is recorded as Vandenberg Space Launch Complex 3 West[15].

Why It Matters

Seasat ranks in the top 8% of earth_observation_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (33 views/month).[2] Seasat has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_seasat_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Seasat}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/seasat}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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