TDRS-B

communications satellite lost during launch of STS-51-L
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TDRS-B

Summary

TDRS-B is a Tracking and Data Relay Satellite[1]. TDRS-B ranks in the top 8% of tracking_and_data_relay_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • TDRS-B is in the country of United States[3].
  • TDRS-B's image is recorded as TDRS gen1.jpg[4].
  • TDRS-B's instance of is recorded as Tracking and Data Relay Satellite[5].
  • TDRS-B's instance of is recorded as former entity[6].
  • TDRS-B's operator is recorded as National Aeronautics and Space Administration[7].
  • TDRS-B's manufacturer is recorded as TRW Inc.[8].
  • TDRS-B's part of is recorded as Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System[9].
  • TDRS-B's space launch vehicle is recorded as Space Shuttle[10].
  • TDRS-B's country of origin is recorded as United States[11].
  • TDRS-B was dissolved in +1986-01-28T00:00:00Z[12].
  • TDRS-B's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as +1986-01-28T00:00:00Z[13].
  • TDRS-B's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06w7n8h[14].
  • TDRS-B's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[15].
  • TDRS-B's significant event is recorded as destruction[16].
  • TDRS-B's space tug is recorded as Inertial Upper Stage[17].
  • TDRS-B's start point is recorded as Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39B[18].
  • TDRS-B's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+17.4'}[19].
  • TDRS-B's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+12.9'}[20].
  • TDRS-B's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+2200'}[21].
  • TDRS-B's nominal power output is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25236', 'amount': '+1700'}[22].
  • TDRS-B's NSSDCA ID is recorded as TDRSS-B[23].

Why It Matters

TDRS-B ranks in the top 8% of tracking_and_data_relay_satellite entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (23 views/month).[2]

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] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . space.skyrocket.de. space.skyrocket.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . Jonathan's Space Report. wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . nasa.gov. nasa.gov. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

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

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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