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Gaia

European Space Agency astrometric mission
Vehicle space_telescope Q767805
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Summary

Gaia is a space telescope[1]. Gaia ranks in the top 5% of space telescope entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,133 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: artificial satellite of the Earth[3]
  • Operator: European Space Agency[4]
  • Named after: Gaia[5], interferometer[6]
  • Follows: Hipparcos[7]
  • Manufacturer: Astrium[8], Teledyne e2v[9]
  • Part of: European Space Agency[10]
  • Commons category: Gaia (spacecraft)[11]
  • Space launch vehicle: Soyuz-2.1b[12]
  • Type of orbit: Lissajous orbit[13]
  • UTC date of spacecraft launch: December 19, 2013[14]
  • Significant event: rocket launch[15]
  • Official website: https://sci.esa.int/gaia/[16]
  • Launch contractor: Arianespace[17]
  • Lagrangian point: L2 Earth-Sun[18]
  • Transmitted signal type: S band[19]
  • Received signal type: X band[20]
  • Space tug: Fregat-MT[21]
  • Carries scientific instrument: Astro[22], BP/RP[23], Radial-Velocity Spectrometer[24]
  • Start point: Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz[25]
  • Native label: Global Astrometric Interferometer for Astrophysics[26]
  • Mass: 2029 kg[27]
  • Orbital period: 180 day[28]
  • Periapsis: 370,000 km[29]
  • Power consumed: 1910 watt[30]
  • Social media followers: 24,453[31], 22,888[32], 26,777[33], 30,525[34]

Why It Matters

Gaia has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] Gaia is known by 27 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

Related Entities

artificial satellite of the Earth Astro Fregat-MT Hipparcos Soyuz-2.1b space telescope

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . esa.int. Retrieved . esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . esa.int. Retrieved . esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . sci.esa.int. Retrieved . sci.esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. 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] ↑ . esa.int. Retrieved . esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . sci.esa.int. Retrieved . sci.esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . sci.esa.int. Retrieved . sci.esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . sci.esa.int. Retrieved . sci.esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . sci.esa.int. Retrieved . sci.esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . sci.esa.int. Retrieved . sci.esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . esa.int. Retrieved . esa.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Instance of → space telescope, artificial satellite of the Earth
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    Power consumed → {'unit': 'Q25236', 'amount': '+1910'}
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