Laser propulsion

Laser propulsion - low thrust, high specific-inpulse propulsion method for spacecrafts and satilites.. Article “Laser propulsion” in English Wikipedia has 53 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 41 references and 14 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.79 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Laser propulsion”, its content was written by 99 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 212 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 74 times in English Wikipedia and cited 420 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #17580 in April 2009
• Global: #72021 in April 2009

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #103015 in February 2016
• Global: #171545 in February 2016

There are 8 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Laser propulsion		53.0334
2	French (fr) Propulsion laser		39.0387
3	Greek (el) Προώθηση με λέιζερ		27.0474
4	Ukrainian (uk) Лазерний двигун		26.5275
5	Arabic (ar) قوة دفع بالليزر		23.7786
6	Russian (ru) Лазерный двигатель		22.8818
7	Spanish (es) Propulsión láser		13.0237
8	Portuguese (pt) Propulsão a laser		1.5817

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Laser propulsion" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Laser propulsion		659 257
2	French (fr) Propulsion laser		82 660
3	Russian (ru) Лазерный двигатель		36 886
4	Portuguese (pt) Propulsão a laser		16 614
5	Spanish (es) Propulsión láser		6 075
6	Arabic (ar) قوة دفع بالليزر		1 265
7	Ukrainian (uk) Лазерний двигун		636
8	Greek (el) Προώθηση με λέιζερ		289

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Laser propulsion" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Laser propulsion		2 860
2	French (fr) Propulsion laser		187
3	Russian (ru) Лазерный двигатель		108
4	Spanish (es) Propulsión láser		40
5	Portuguese (pt) Propulsão a laser		31
6	Arabic (ar) قوة دفع بالليزر		14
7	Greek (el) Προώθηση με λέιζερ		8
8	Ukrainian (uk) Лазерний двигун		8

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Laser propulsion" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Laser propulsion		99
2	French (fr) Propulsion laser		86
3	Portuguese (pt) Propulsão a laser		7
4	Russian (ru) Лазерный двигатель		6
5	Spanish (es) Propulsión láser		5
6	Ukrainian (uk) Лазерний двигун		4
7	Greek (el) Προώθηση με λέιζερ		3
8	Arabic (ar) قوة دفع بالليزر		2

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Laser propulsion" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	French (fr) Propulsion laser		1
2	Arabic (ar) قوة دفع بالليزر		0
3	Greek (el) Προώθηση με λέιζερ		0
4	English (en) Laser propulsion		0
5	Spanish (es) Propulsión láser		0
6	Portuguese (pt) Propulsão a laser		0
7	Russian (ru) Лазерный двигатель		0
8	Ukrainian (uk) Лазерний двигун		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Laser propulsion" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Propulsion laser		171
2	English (en) Laser propulsion		74
3	Portuguese (pt) Propulsão a laser		65
4	Greek (el) Προώθηση με λέιζερ		54
5	Ukrainian (uk) Лазерний двигун		23
6	Russian (ru) Лазерный двигатель		17
7	Spanish (es) Propulsión láser		10
8	Arabic (ar) قوة دفع بالليزر		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic قوة دفع بالليزر
el	Greek Προώθηση με λέιζερ
en	English Laser propulsion
es	Spanish Propulsión láser
fr	French Propulsion laser
pt	Portuguese Propulsão a laser
ru	Russian Лазерный двигатель
uk	Ukrainian Лазерний двигун

Best Rank

English: #103015 02.2016

Global: #171545 02.2016

Best Rank

English: #17580 04.2009

Global: #72021 04.2009

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