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Solar sail

Quality:

Solar sail - type of spacecraft propulsion that takes advantage of solar radiation. Article “Solar sail” in English Wikipedia has 92.6 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 159 references and 52 sections.

This article has the best quality in Catalan Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

In June 2026 the article “Solar sail” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 5 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Solar sail”, its content was written by 499 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1366 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 534 times in English Wikipedia and cited 2509 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #408 in June 2005
  • Global: #924 in June 2005

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #35118 in May 2015
  • Global: #33363 in February 2010

There are 38 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, 2026 (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
1Catalan (ca)
Vela solar
96.9231
2English (en)
Solar sail
92.5751
3German (de)
Sonnensegel (Raumfahrt)
65.3063
4Croatian (hr)
Sunčeva jedrilica
54.5439
5Serbo-Croatian (sh)
Sunčeva jedrilica
48.6075
6Hebrew (he)
מפרש שמש
39.0368
7Ukrainian (uk)
Сонячне вітрило
38.7774
8Russian (ru)
Солнечный парус
38.285
9Simple English (simple)
Solar sail
37.991
10Finnish (fi)
Aurinkopurje
32.1412
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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 "Solar sail" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Solar sail
2 821 505
2Russian (ru)
Солнечный парус
506 801
3Japanese (ja)
太陽帆
382 566
4French (fr)
Voile solaire
243 467
5Spanish (es)
Vela solar
232 756
6German (de)
Sonnensegel (Raumfahrt)
177 718
7Chinese (zh)
太阳帆
128 054
8Italian (it)
Vela solare
120 438
9Polish (pl)
Żagiel słoneczny
120 167
10Portuguese (pt)
Vela solar
48 733
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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 2026

The most popular language versions of the article "Solar sail" in June 2026
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Solar sail
8 315
2Russian (ru)
Солнечный парус
914
3Japanese (ja)
太陽帆
694
4German (de)
Sonnensegel (Raumfahrt)
547
5French (fr)
Voile solaire
535
6Chinese (zh)
太阳帆
529
7Spanish (es)
Vela solar
276
8Polish (pl)
Żagiel słoneczny
243
9Finnish (fi)
Aurinkopurje
144
10Italian (it)
Vela solare
111
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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 "Solar sail" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Solar sail
499
2German (de)
Sonnensegel (Raumfahrt)
137
3French (fr)
Voile solaire
115
4Russian (ru)
Солнечный парус
69
5Japanese (ja)
太陽帆
65
6Italian (it)
Vela solare
58
7Spanish (es)
Vela solar
52
8Hebrew (he)
מפרש שמש
43
9Dutch (nl)
Lichtzeil
36
10Chinese (zh)
太阳帆
31
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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 2026

Language versions of the article "Solar sail" with the highest AI in June 2026
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Solar sail
2
2Catalan (ca)
Vela solar
1
3Norwegian (no)
Solseil
1
4Turkish (tr)
Uzay yelkenlileri
1
5Arabic (ar)
شراع شمسي
0
6Azerbaijani (az)
İşıq sütunları ( Günəş sütunları )
0
7Czech (cs)
Sluneční plachetnice
0
8German (de)
Sonnensegel (Raumfahrt)
0
9Spanish (es)
Vela solar
0
10Estonian (et)
Päikesepuri
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 "Solar sail" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Solar sail
534
2Persian (fa)
بادبان خورشیدی
286
3Chinese (zh)
太阳帆
277
4Italian (it)
Vela solare
166
5French (fr)
Voile solaire
165
6Japanese (ja)
太陽帆
128
7Swedish (sv)
Solsegel
97
8Portuguese (pt)
Vela solar
91
9Spanish (es)
Vela solar
79
10Ukrainian (uk)
Сонячне вітрило
72
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Scores

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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
شراع شمسي
azAzerbaijani
İşıq sütunları ( Günəş sütunları )
caCatalan
Vela solar
csCzech
Sluneční plachetnice
deGerman
Sonnensegel (Raumfahrt)
enEnglish
Solar sail
esSpanish
Vela solar
etEstonian
Päikesepuri
euBasque
Eguzki-bela
faPersian
بادبان خورشیدی
fiFinnish
Aurinkopurje
frFrench
Voile solaire
heHebrew
מפרש שמש
hiHindi
सौर पाल
hrCroatian
Sunčeva jedrilica
huHungarian
Napvitorlás
hyArmenian
Արևային առագաստ
idIndonesian
Layar surya
itItalian
Vela solare
jaJapanese
太陽帆
koKorean
태양광 돛단배
msMalay
Layar suria
nlDutch
Lichtzeil
noNorwegian
Solseil
plPolish
Żagiel słoneczny
ptPortuguese
Vela solar
roRomanian
Velă solară
ruRussian
Солнечный парус
shSerbo-Croatian
Sunčeva jedrilica
simpleSimple English
Solar sail
skSlovak
Slnečná plachetnica
slSlovenian
Solarno jadro
srSerbian
Соларни једрењак
svSwedish
Solsegel
thThai
ใบเรือสุริยะ
trTurkish
Uzay yelkenlileri
ukUkrainian
Сонячне вітрило
zhChinese
太阳帆

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#35118
05.2015
Global:
#33363
02.2010

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#408
06.2005
Global:
#924
06.2005

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2025 – June 2026)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Solar sail from Wikipedia articles about Breakthrough Starshot, 1I/ʻOumuamua, Alpha Centauri, Mark Zuckerberg and Oort cloud. Whereas reading the article about Solar sail people most often go to Wikipedia articles on IKAROS, LightSail, Radiation pressure, Electric sail and Breakthrough Starshot.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

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

simple: Solar sail

News from 1 July 2026

On 1 July 2026 in multilingual Wikipedia, Internet users most often read articles on the following topics: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Kylian Mbappé, Erling Haaland, Democratic Republic of the Congo, FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Romelu Lukaku, Senegal, Michael Olise, Sadio Mané.

In English Wikipedia the most popular articles on that day were: 2026 FIFA World Cup, Harry Kane, Julián Quiñones, List of FIFA World Cup top goalscorers, Kylian Mbappé, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Erling Haaland, DR Congo national football team, Melat Kiros, FIFA World Cup.

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