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Secondary payload

Quality:

Secondary payload - smaller-sized payload transported to orbit on a launch vehicle that is mostly paid for the entity that contracts and pays for the primary launch. Article “Secondary payload” in English Wikipedia has 41.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 29 references and 10 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 2.17 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 “Secondary payload”, its content was written by 27 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 53 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 77 times in English Wikipedia and cited 241 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #27688 in July 2020
  • Global: #118432 in July 2020

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #1000673 in May 2020
  • Global: #755207 in May 2010

There are 3 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.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Secondary payload
41.136
2German (de)
Rideshare
38.4585
3Japanese (ja)
ピギーバック衛星
21.4951
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "Secondary payload" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1Japanese (ja)
ピギーバック衛星
63 985
2English (en)
Secondary payload
43 693
3German (de)
Rideshare
18 401
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "Secondary payload" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Secondary payload
614
2Japanese (ja)
ピギーバック衛星
140
3German (de)
Rideshare
129
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "Secondary payload" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Secondary payload
27
2Japanese (ja)
ピギーバック衛星
18
3German (de)
Rideshare
8
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "Secondary payload" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1German (de)
Rideshare
0
2English (en)
Secondary payload
0
3Japanese (ja)
ピギーバック衛星
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "Secondary payload" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1Japanese (ja)
ピギーバック衛星
94
2English (en)
Secondary payload
77
3German (de)
Rideshare
70
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
deGerman
Rideshare
enEnglish
Secondary payload
jaJapanese
ピギーバック衛星

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#1000673
05.2020
Global:
#755207
05.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#27688
07.2020
Global:
#118432
07.2020

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Secondary payload from Wikipedia articles about CubeSat, Spectrum, Smart Lander for Investigating Moon, Small satellite and List of Ariane 6 launches. Whereas reading the article about Secondary payload people most often go to Wikipedia articles on KickSat, CubeSat, EELV Secondary Payload Adapter, Space tug and SpaceX CRS-3.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: Bad Bunny, Jeffrey Epstein, Epstein files, Ilia Malinin, Savannah Guthrie, Ghislaine Maxwell, 2026 Winter Olympics, List of Super Bowl halftime shows, Eileen Gu, Jutta Leerdam.

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