Venus Express

ESA spacecraft which orbited Venus
Vehicle orbiter Q210889
Press Enter · cited answer in seconds

Venus Express

Summary

Venus Express is an orbiter[1]. It draws 295 Wikipedia views per month (orbiter category, ranking #5 of 8).[2]

Key Facts

  • Venus Express's instance of is recorded as orbiter[3].
  • Venus Express's manufacturer is recorded as Astrium[4].
  • Venus Express's Commons category is recorded as Venus Express[5].
  • Venus Express's space launch vehicle is recorded as Soyuz-FG[6].
  • Venus Express's parent astronomical body is recorded as Venus[7].
  • Venus Express's UTC date of spacecraft launch is recorded as November 9, 2005[8].
  • Venus Express's time of object orbit decay is recorded as February 2015[9].
  • Venus Express's cause of destruction is recorded as orbital decay[10].
  • Venus Express's significant event is recorded as rocket launch[11].
  • Venus Express's significant event is recorded as orbital activity[12].
  • Venus Express's significant event is recorded as loss of signal[13].
  • Venus Express's significant event is recorded as atmospheric entry[14].
  • Venus Express's official website is recorded as http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/Venus_Express/[15].
  • Venus Express's launch contractor is recorded as Starsem[16].
  • Venus Express's space tug is recorded as Fregat[17].
  • Venus Express's start point is recorded as Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31[18].
  • Venus Express's length is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.5'}[19].
  • Venus Express's orbital inclination is recorded as {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+90'}[20].
  • Venus Express's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+289785600'}[21].
  • Venus Express's height is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.4'}[22].
  • Venus Express's width is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+1.8'}[23].
  • Venus Express's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+1270'}[24].
  • Venus Express's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+700'}[25].
  • Venus Express's mass is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11570', 'amount': '+93'}[26].
  • Venus Express's nominal power output is recorded as {'unit': 'Q25236', 'amount': '+1100'}[27].

Why It Matters

Venus Express draws 295 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

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . Jonathan's Space Report. 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] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . 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] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . 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.

📑 Cite this page

Use these citations when quoting this entity in research, articles, AI prompts, or wherever provenance matters. We aggregate Wikidata + Wikipedia + authoritative open-data sources; the stitched, scored, cross-referenced view is what 4ort.xyz contributes.

APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). Venus Express. Retrieved May 3, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/venus-express
MLA “Venus Express.” 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph, 4ort.xyz, 3 May. 2026, https://4ort.xyz/entity/venus-express.
BibTeX @misc{4ortxyz_venus-express_2026, author = {{4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph}}, title = {{Venus Express}}, year = {2026}, url = {https://4ort.xyz/entity/venus-express}, note = {Accessed: 2026-05-03}}
LLM prompt According to 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph (aggregator of Wikidata, Wikipedia, and authoritative open-data sources): Venus Express — https://4ort.xyz/entity/venus-express (retrieved 2026-05-03)

Canonical URL: https://4ort.xyz/entity/venus-express · Last refreshed:

Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 6d ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Orbital inclination {'unit': 'Q28390', 'amount': '+90'}
    Time of object orbit decay
    Nssdca id
    Duration {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+289785600'}
    + 70 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
Live feed via Wikidata EventStreams. New edits appear within minutes of being made on Wikidata.