STENTOR

French geostationary telecommunications satellite, lost in a launch failure
Vehicle communications_satellite Q18328135
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STENTOR

Summary

STENTOR is a communications satellite[1]. STENTOR ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • STENTOR is in the country of France[3].
  • STENTOR's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[4].
  • STENTOR's instance of is recorded as technology demonstration spacecraft[5].
  • STENTOR's instance of is recorded as former entity[6].
  • STENTOR's operator is recorded as CNES[7].
  • STENTOR's operator is recorded as France Télécom[8].
  • STENTOR's operator is recorded as Direction générale de l'Armement[9].
  • STENTOR's manufacturer is recorded as Alcatel Space[10].
  • STENTOR's manufacturer is recorded as Matra Marconi Space[11].
  • STENTOR's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 5 ECA[12].
  • STENTOR's country of origin is recorded as France[13].
  • STENTOR's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[14].
  • STENTOR's powered by is recorded as S400[15].
  • STENTOR's powered by is recorded as PPS-1350[16].
  • STENTOR's powered by is recorded as SPT-100[17].
  • STENTOR's has part is recorded as avionics[18].
  • STENTOR's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2002-12-11T00:00:00Z[19].
  • STENTOR's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-3000B3[20].
  • STENTOR's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[21].
  • STENTOR's significant event is recorded as launch failure[22].
  • STENTOR's launch contractor is recorded as Arianespace[23].
  • STENTOR's space tug is recorded as ESC-A H14.4[24].
  • STENTOR's start point is recorded as ELA-3[25].
  • STENTOR's different from is recorded as Stentor[26].
  • STENTOR's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+2210'}[27].

Why It Matters

STENTOR ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).[2] STENTOR is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . tbs-satellite.com. tbs-satellite.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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