artificial satellite
human-made object put into an orbit
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Summary
artificial satellite ranks in the top 0.94% of space entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (8,513 views/month, #2 of 213).[1]
Key Facts
- Subclass of: satellite[2], spacecraft[3]
- Part of: spacecraft constellation[4]
- Commons category: Satellites[5]
- Unicode character: 🛰[6]
- Time of discovery or invention: 1957[7]
- Topic's main category: Category:Satellites[8]
- Described by source: Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[9], The New Student's Reference Work[10]
- Partially coincident with: Q4203972[11]
- Topic has template: Template:Infobox artificial satellite[12]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]
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Works and Contributions
Things named for artificial satellite include Satellite Beach[14], a city in the United States[15], in United States[16].
Why It Matters
artificial satellite has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 80 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]
Entities named for it include Satellite Beach[14], a city in the United States[15], in United States[16].