TV-Sat 1

Summary

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

Key Facts

• TV-Sat 1 is in the country of West Germany^[3].
• TV-Sat 1's instance of is recorded as communications satellite^[4].
• TV-Sat 1's instance of is recorded as derelict satellite^[5].
• TV-Sat 1's operator is recorded as Deutsche Bundespost^[6].
• TV-Sat 1's followed by is recorded as TV-Sat 2^[7].
• TV-Sat 1's manufacturer is recorded as Aérospatiale^[8].
• TV-Sat 1's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1987-095A^[9].
• TV-Sat 1's part of is recorded as TV-Sat^[10].
• TV-Sat 1's space launch vehicle is recorded as Ariane 2^[11].
• TV-Sat 1's SCN is recorded as 18570^[12].
• TV-Sat 1's country of origin is recorded as France^[13].
• TV-Sat 1's powered by is recorded as spacecraft solar array^[14].
• TV-Sat 1's powered by is recorded as S400^[15].
• TV-Sat 1's type of orbit is recorded as geostationary orbit^[16].
• TV-Sat 1's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1987-11-21T00:00:00Z^[17].
• TV-Sat 1's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06w9jk_^[18].
• TV-Sat 1's spacecraft bus is recorded as Spacebus-300^[19].
• TV-Sat 1's significant event is recorded as rocket launch^[20].
• TV-Sat 1's significant event is recorded as failure^[21].
• TV-Sat 1's significant event is recorded as spacecraft decommissioning^[22].
• TV-Sat 1's space tug is recorded as H10^[23].
• TV-Sat 1's start point is recorded as ELA-2^[24].
• TV-Sat 1's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+2136'}^[25].
• TV-Sat 1's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "18570"]^[26].
• TV-Sat 1's service life is recorded as {'unit': 'Q577', 'amount': '+8'}^[27].

Why It Matters

TV-Sat 1 ranks in the top 7% of communications_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1 views/month).^[2] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]