TOPEX/Poseidon

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TOPEX/Poseidon

Summary

TOPEX/Poseidon is an Earth observation satellite[1]. TOPEX/Poseidon draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (earth_observation_satellite category, ranking #24 of 214).[2]

Key Facts

  • TOPEX/Poseidon's image is recorded as TOPEX-Poseidon.gif[3].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's instance of is recorded as Earth observation satellite[4].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's instance of is recorded as space instrument[5].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1992-052A[6].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's Commons category is recorded as TOPEX/Poseidon[7].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 42P[8].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's SCN is recorded as 22076[9].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1992-08-10T00:00:00Z[10].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/055jm5[11].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's spacecraft bus is recorded as MultiMission Modular Spacecraft[12].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[13].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's start point is recorded as ELA-2[14].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's NAIF ID is recorded as -97[15].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's Encyclopædia Universalis ID is recorded as lancement-du-satellite-topex-poseidon[16].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as Topex/Poseidon[17].
  • TOPEX/Poseidon's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "22076"][18].

Why It Matters

TOPEX/Poseidon draws 28 Wikipedia views per month (earth_observation_satellite category, ranking #24 of 214).[2] TOPEX/Poseidon has Wikipedia articles in 11 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[19] TOPEX/Poseidon is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[20]

References

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

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] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . naif.jpl.nasa.gov. naif.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [19] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [20] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). TOPEX/Poseidon. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/topex-poseidon
MLA “TOPEX/Poseidon.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/topex-poseidon.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_topex-poseidon_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{TOPEX/Poseidon}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/topex-poseidon}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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