Venus Express

ESA spacecraft which orbited Venus
Vehicle orbiter Q210889
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Venus Express

Summary

Venus Express is an orbiter[1]. It draws 125 Wikipedia views per month (orbiter category, ranking #5 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Venus Express's image is recorded as Venus Express in orbit (crop).jpg[3].
  • Venus Express's instance of is recorded as orbiter[4].
  • Venus Express's manufacturer is recorded as Astrium[5].
  • Venus Express's COSPAR ID is recorded as 2005-045A[6].
  • Venus Express's Commons category is recorded as Venus Express[7].
  • Venus Express's space launch vehicle is recorded as Soyuz-FG[8].
  • Venus Express's SCN is recorded as 28901[9].
  • Venus Express's parent astronomical body is recorded as Venus[10].
  • Venus Express's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +2005-11-09T00:00:00Z[11].
  • Venus Express's time of object orbit decay is recorded as +2015-02-00T00:00:00Z[12].
  • Venus Express's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03fxd0[13].
  • Venus Express's cause of destruction is recorded as orbital decay[14].
  • Venus Express's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[15].
  • Venus Express's significant event is recorded as orbital activity[16].
  • Venus Express's significant event is recorded as loss of signal[17].
  • Venus Express's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[18].
  • Venus Express's official website is recorded as http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/[19].
  • Venus Express's launch contractor is recorded as Starsem[20].
  • Venus Express's space tug is recorded as Fregat[21].
  • Venus Express's Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID is recorded as 0282558[22].
  • Venus Express's Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID is recorded as topic/Venus-Express[23].
  • Venus Express's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31[24].
  • Venus Express's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.5'}[25].
  • Venus Express's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+90'}[26].
  • Venus Express's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+289785600'}[27].

Why It Matters

Venus Express draws 125 Wikipedia views per month (orbiter category, ranking #5 of 8).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 15 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

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] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Freebase Data Dumps. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . 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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