Thor 5

Norwegian communications satellite
Vehicle communications_satellite Q914060
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Thor 5

Summary

Thor 5 is a communications satellite[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Thor 5's instance of is recorded as communications satellite[3].
  • Thor 5's operator is recorded as Telenor Satellite[4].
  • Thor 5's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2008-006A[5].
  • Thor 5's space launch vehicle is recorded as Proton-M[6].
  • Thor 5's SCN is recorded as 32487[7].
  • Thor 5's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit[8].
  • Thor 5's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2008-02-11T00:00:00Z[9].
  • Thor 5's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03np5pt[10].
  • Thor 5's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[11].
  • Thor 5's space tug is recorded as Briz-M[12].
  • Thor 5's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 200[13].

Why It Matters

Thor 5 ranks in the top 4% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (20 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 8 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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

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