Telstar 18V

Summary

Telstar 18V 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

• Telstar 18V is in the country of Canada^[3].
• Telstar 18V's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• Telstar 18V's instance of is recorded as space mission^[5].
• Telstar 18V's operator is recorded as Telesat^[6].
• Telstar 18V's followed by is recorded as Telstar 19V^[7].
• Telstar 18V's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2018-069A^[8].
• Telstar 18V's space launch vehicle is recorded as Falcon 9 Block 5^[9].
• Telstar 18V's SCN is recorded as 43611^[10].
• Telstar 18V's parent astronomical body is recorded as Earth^[11].
• Telstar 18V's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[12].
• Telstar 18V's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2018-09-10T00:00:00Z^[13].
• Telstar 18V's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[14].
• Telstar 18V's launch contractor is recorded as SpaceX^[15].
• Telstar 18V's start point is recorded as Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center^[16].
• Telstar 18V's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+7060'}^[17].
• Telstar 18V's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/11bxfrlwgq^[18].

Why It Matters

Telstar 18V ranks in the top 5% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (16 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[19]