Ulysses

NASA robotic space probe that studied the Sun
Vehicle space_probe Q156081
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Ulysses

Summary

Ulysses is a space probe[1]. Ulysses draws 212 Wikipedia views per month (space_probe category, ranking #26 of 135).[2]

Key Facts

  • Ulysses's image is recorded as Ulysses spacecraft.jpg[3].
  • Ulysses's image is recorded as Ulysses at Jupiter H1.jpg[4].
  • Ulysses's instance of is recorded as space probe[5].
  • Ulysses's instance of is recorded as former entity[6].
  • Ulysses's instance of is recorded as artificial satellite of the Sun[7].
  • Ulysses's operator is recorded as Jet Propulsion Laboratory[8].
  • Ulysses's operator is recorded as European Space Operations Centre[9].
  • Ulysses's operator is recorded as European Space Research and Technology Centre[10].
  • Ulysses's logo image is recorded as Ulysses - ulysses logo.jpg[11].
  • Ulysses's manufacturer is recorded as Dornier[12].
  • Ulysses's manufacturer is recorded as General Electric[13].
  • Ulysses's manufacturer is recorded as United States Department of Energy[14].
  • Ulysses's GND ID is recorded as 4357104-9[15].
  • Ulysses's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1990-090B[16].
  • Ulysses's Commons category is recorded as Ulysses (spacecraft)[17].
  • Ulysses's space launch vehicle is recorded as Space Shuttle[18].
  • Ulysses's SCN is recorded as 20842[19].
  • Ulysses's parent astronomical body is recorded as Sun[20].
  • Ulysses's powered by is recorded as radioisotope thermoelectric generator[21].
  • Ulysses's type of orbit is recorded as heliocentric orbit[22].
  • Ulysses's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1990-10-06T00:00:00Z[23].
  • Ulysses's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0fspw[24].
  • Ulysses's service retirement is recorded as +2009-06-30T00:00:00Z[25].
  • Ulysses's significant event is recorded as approval[26].
  • Ulysses's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[27].

Why It Matters

Ulysses draws 212 Wikipedia views per month (space_probe category, ranking #26 of 135).[2] Ulysses has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] Ulysses is known by 17 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] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . www2.jpl.nasa.gov. www2.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . www2.jpl.nasa.gov. www2.jpl.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . eoportal.org. eoportal.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . esa.int. esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . esa.int. esa.int. 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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