Space probe

Space probe - unmanned robotic spacecraft that doesn't orbit the Earth, but, instead, explores further into outer space. Article “Space probe” in English Wikipedia has 27.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 11 references and 3 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “Space probe”, its content was written by 333 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1755 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1366 times in English Wikipedia and cited 15077 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #3461 in March 2013
• Global: #3824 in November 2004

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #32554 in February 2010
• Global: #20204 in November 2014

There are 47 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	French (fr) Sonde spatiale		65.6745
2	Slovak (sk) Kozmická sonda		53.5063
3	Portuguese (pt) Sonda espacial		48.7921
4	Chinese (zh) 空间探测器		42.1855
5	Arabic (ar) مسبار فضائي		40.1758
6	Norwegian (no) Romsonde		37.751
7	Hebrew (he) גשושית		34.4099
8	Bulgarian (bg) Автоматична междупланетна станция		33.2417
9	Catalan (ca) Sonda espacial		31.6799
10	Russian (ru) Автоматическая межпланетная станция		31.1889

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Space probe" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Space probe		2 410 377
2	Spanish (es) Sonda espacial		1 290 392
3	Japanese (ja) 宇宙探査機		766 481
4	Portuguese (pt) Sonda espacial		664 764
5	German (de) Raumsonde		596 194
6	French (fr) Sonde spatiale		500 073
7	Polish (pl) Sonda kosmiczna		489 691
8	Russian (ru) Автоматическая межпланетная станция		476 978
9	Italian (it) Sonda spaziale		263 158
10	Arabic (ar) مسبار فضائي		211 196

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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 "Space probe" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Space probe		5 239
2	Japanese (ja) 宇宙探査機		1 443
3	Russian (ru) Автоматическая межпланетная станция		1 183
4	Spanish (es) Sonda espacial		986
5	French (fr) Sonde spatiale		860
6	German (de) Raumsonde		810
7	Portuguese (pt) Sonda espacial		540
8	Polish (pl) Sonda kosmiczna		522
9	Chinese (zh) 空间探测器		420
10	Italian (it) Sonda spaziale		398

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Space probe		333
2	French (fr) Sonde spatiale		149
3	German (de) Raumsonde		138
4	Hebrew (he) גשושית		108
5	Spanish (es) Sonda espacial		91
6	Russian (ru) Автоматическая межпланетная станция		76
7	Japanese (ja) 宇宙探査機		73
8	Italian (it) Sonda spaziale		66
9	Portuguese (pt) Sonda espacial		66
10	Norwegian (no) Romsonde		59

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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 "Space probe" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) مسبار فضائي		1
2	German (de) Raumsonde		1
3	French (fr) Sonde spatiale		1
4	Azerbaijani (az) Avtomatik planetlərarası stansiya		0
5	Belarusian (be) Аўтаматычная міжпланетная станцыя		0
6	Bulgarian (bg) Автоматична междупланетна станция		0
7	Catalan (ca) Sonda espacial		0
8	Czech (cs) Kosmická sonda		0
9	Danish (da) Rumsonde		0
10	Greek (el) Ρομποτικό διαστημόπλοιο		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 "Space probe" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Space probe		1 366
2	French (fr) Sonde spatiale		1 301
3	German (de) Raumsonde		1 000
4	Chinese (zh) 空间探测器		858
5	Japanese (ja) 宇宙探査機		809
6	Italian (it) Sonda spaziale		710
7	Russian (ru) Автоматическая межпланетная станция		680
8	Hebrew (he) גשושית		673
9	Portuguese (pt) Sonda espacial		585
10	Polish (pl) Sonda kosmiczna		535

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic مسبار فضائي
az	Azerbaijani Avtomatik planetlərarası stansiya
be	Belarusian Аўтаматычная міжпланетная станцыя
bg	Bulgarian Автоматична междупланетна станция
ca	Catalan Sonda espacial
cs	Czech Kosmická sonda
da	Danish Rumsonde
de	German Raumsonde
el	Greek Ρομποτικό διαστημόπλοιο
en	English Space probe
eo	Esperanto Kosmosondilo
es	Spanish Sonda espacial
et	Estonian Kosmosesond
eu	Basque Espazio zunda
fa	Persian کاوشگر فضایی
fi	Finnish Avaruusluotain
fr	French Sonde spatiale
gl	Galician Sonda espacial
he	Hebrew גשושית
hi	Hindi अंतरिक्ष शोध यान
hu	Hungarian Űrszonda
hy	Armenian Ավտոմատ միջմոլորակային կայան
id	Indonesian Kuar antariksa
it	Italian Sonda spaziale
ja	Japanese 宇宙探査機
ka	Georgian ავტომატური საპლანეტათშორისო სადგური
ko	Korean 우주 탐사선
la	Latin Speculatrum spatiale
ms	Malay Kuar angkasa lepas
nl	Dutch Ruimtesonde
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Romsonde
no	Norwegian Romsonde
pl	Polish Sonda kosmiczna
pt	Portuguese Sonda espacial
ro	Romanian Sondă spațială
ru	Russian Автоматическая межпланетная станция
sh	Serbo-Croatian Svemirska sonda
simple	Simple English Space probe
sk	Slovak Kozmická sonda
sl	Slovenian Vesoljska sonda
sr	Serbian Свемирска сонда
sv	Swedish Rymdsond
ta	Tamil விண்ணுளவி
th	Thai ยานสำรวจอวกาศ
uk	Ukrainian Автоматична міжпланетна станція
vi	Vietnamese Thăm dò không gian
zh	Chinese 空间探测器

Best Rank

English: #32554 02.2010

Global: #20204 11.2014

Best Rank

English: #3461 03.2013

Global: #3824 11.2004

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