Tiangong-1

Chinese prototype space station in orbit from 2011 to 2018
Organization space_laboratory Q131500
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Tiangong-1

Summary

Tiangong-1 is a space laboratory[1]. Tiangong-1 draws 297 Wikipedia views per month (space_laboratory category, ranking #4 of 5).[2]

Key Facts

  • Tiangong-1 is in the country of People's Republic of China[3].
  • Tiangong-1's image is recorded as Tiangong 1 drawing (cropped).png[4].
  • Tiangong-1's instance of is recorded as space laboratory[5].
  • Tiangong-1's instance of is recorded as former entity[6].
  • Tiangong-1's instance of is recorded as space station[7].
  • Tiangong-1's operator is recorded as China National Space Administration[8].
  • Tiangong-1's followed by is recorded as Tiangong-2[9].
  • Tiangong-1's part of the series is recorded as Tiangong program[10].
  • Tiangong-1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2011-053A[11].
  • Tiangong-1's part of is recorded as Tiangong program[12].
  • Tiangong-1's Commons category is recorded as Tiangong-1[13].
  • Tiangong-1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Long March 2F[14].
  • Tiangong-1's SCN is recorded as 37820[15].
  • Tiangong-1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2011-09-29T00:00:00Z[16].
  • Tiangong-1's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +2018-04-02T00:00:00Z[17].
  • Tiangong-1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/04n5r6l[18].
  • Tiangong-1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[19].
  • Tiangong-1's significant event is recorded as uncontrolled reentry[20].
  • Tiangong-1's start point is recorded as Jiuquan Launch Complex 43/91[21].
  • Tiangong-1's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '天宫一号目标飞行器'}[22].
  • Tiangong-1's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+42'}[23].
  • Tiangong-1's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+8506'}[24].
  • Tiangong-1's apoapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+362'}[25].
  • Tiangong-1's periapsis is recorded as {'unit': 'Q828224', 'amount': '+355'}[26].
  • Tiangong-1's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as station-spatiale-chinoise[27].

Body

Identity

Tiangong-1's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'zh', 'text': '天宫一号目标飞行器'}[22]. Tiangong-1's part of is recorded as Tiangong program[12]. Tiangong-1's followed by is recorded as Tiangong-2[9].

Operations

Tiangong-1's operator is recorded as China National Space Administration[8].

Why It Matters

Tiangong-1 draws 297 Wikipedia views per month (space_laboratory category, ranking #4 of 5).[2] Tiangong-1 has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Tiangong-1 is known by 23 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . China's Tiangong-1 space station crashes into Pacific. theguardian.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . heavens-above.com. Retrieved . heavens-above.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . people.com.cn. people.com.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . people.com.cn. people.com.cn. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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