Thuraya 1

Summary

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

Key Facts

• Thuraya 1's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[3].
• Thuraya 1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2000-066A^[4].
• Thuraya 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Zenit-3SL^[5].
• Thuraya 1's SCN is recorded as 26578^[6].
• Thuraya 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2000-10-21T00:00:00Z^[7].
• Thuraya 1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[8].
• Thuraya 1's significant event is recorded as out of service^[9].
• Thuraya 1's start point is recorded as Odyssey^[10].
• Thuraya 1's Google Knowledge Graph ID is recorded as /g/1pznmr97f^[11].
• Thuraya 1's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "26578"]^[12].

Why It Matters

Thuraya 1 ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2 views/month).^[2]