TIROS-2

former American weather satellite
Vehicle weather_satellite Q9353718
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TIROS-2

Summary

TIROS-2 is a weather satellite[1]. TIROS-2 draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #24 of 77).[2]

Key Facts

  • TIROS-2's image is recorded as TIROS II Spac0116-repair.jpg[3].
  • TIROS-2's instance of is recorded as weather satellite[4].
  • TIROS-2's instance of is recorded as former entity[5].
  • TIROS-2's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[6].
  • TIROS-2's operator is recorded as Environmental Science Services Administration[7].
  • TIROS-2's follows is recorded as TIROS-1[8].
  • TIROS-2's followed by is recorded as TIROS-3[9].
  • TIROS-2's manufacturer is recorded as RCA Corporation[10].
  • TIROS-2's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1960-016A[11].
  • TIROS-2's part of is recorded as TIROS[12].
  • TIROS-2's Commons category is recorded as TIROS 2[13].
  • TIROS-2's space launch vehicle is recorded as Thor-Delta[14].
  • TIROS-2's SCN is recorded as 00063[15].
  • TIROS-2's parent astronomical body is recorded as Earth[16].
  • TIROS-2's country of origin is recorded as United States[17].
  • TIROS-2's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array[18].
  • TIROS-2's powered by is recorded as nickel–cadmium battery[19].
  • TIROS-2's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1960-11-23T00:00:00Z[20].
  • TIROS-2's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +2014-05-18T00:00:00Z[21].
  • TIROS-2's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/05mxkrc[22].
  • TIROS-2's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[23].
  • TIROS-2's significant event is recorded as breakdown[24].
  • TIROS-2's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[25].
  • TIROS-2's orbital eccentricity is recorded as {'amount': '+0.00942'}[26].
  • TIROS-2's start point is recorded as Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 17A[27].

Why It Matters

TIROS-2 draws 6 Wikipedia views per month (weather_satellite category, ranking #24 of 77).[2] TIROS-2 has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] TIROS-2 is known by 4 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: 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] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . space-track.org. space-track.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . space-track.org. space-track.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). TIROS-2. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/tiros-2
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_tiros-2_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{TIROS-2}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/tiros-2}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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