Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

NASA orbital observatory which studied Earth's atmosphere, particularly the ozone layer, and which re-entered the atmosphere in 2011
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Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite

Summary

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite is an Earth observation satellite[1]. It ranks in the top 8% of earth_observation_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's image is recorded as UARS 1.jpg[3].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's instance of is recorded as Earth observation satellite[4].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[5].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's COSPAR ID is recorded as 1991-063B[6].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's Commons category is recorded as Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite[7].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's space launch vehicle is recorded as Space Shuttle[8].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's SCN is recorded as 21701[9].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's type of orbit is recorded as low Earth orbit[10].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1991-09-12T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +2011-09-24T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/034fpy[13].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's spacecraft bus is recorded as MultiMission Modular Spacecraft[14].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[15].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[16].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0246942[17].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's start point is recorded as Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A[18].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as UARS[19].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's Wolfram Language entity code is recorded as Entity["Satellite", "21701"][20].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's NSSDCA ID is recorded as 1991-063B[21].
  • Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as upper-atmosphere-research-satellite[22].

Why It Matters

Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite ranks in the top 8% of earth_observation_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (30 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23]

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] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . space-track.org. space-track.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/upper-atmosphere-research-satellite
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BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_upper-atmosphere-research-satellite_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/upper-atmosphere-research-satellite}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
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