Space tether

Space tether - long cables which move satellites in space. Article “Space tether” in English Wikipedia has 73.1 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 46 references and 32 sections.

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 “Space tether”, its content was written by 196 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 299 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 283 times in English Wikipedia and cited 563 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #7288 in March 2002
• Global: #7683 in March 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #88308 in November 2019
• Global: #138747 in November 2019

There are 10 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) Space tether		73.1443
2	Arabic (ar) حبل الفضاء		23.8469
3	Japanese (ja) テザー推進		23.4962
4	German (de) Space Tether		20.0629
5	Spanish (es) Atadura espacial		18.4642
6	Russian (ru) Космическая привязь		18.1355
7	Ukrainian (uk) Космічна прив'язь		17.4571
8	Chinese (zh) 太空纜索		12.5632
9	Persian (fa) کمند فضایی		10.7292
10	French (fr) Propulsion captive		9.6296

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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 tether" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Space tether		975 298
2	Japanese (ja) テザー推進		148 099
3	German (de) Space Tether		61 757
4	French (fr) Propulsion captive		32 008
5	Chinese (zh) 太空纜索		9 829
6	Russian (ru) Космическая привязь		8 400
7	Spanish (es) Atadura espacial		1 155
8	Ukrainian (uk) Космічна прив'язь		846
9	Arabic (ar) حبل الفضاء		689
10	Persian (fa) کمند فضایی		243

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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 tether" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Space tether		3 205
2	Japanese (ja) テザー推進		389
3	German (de) Space Tether		102
4	Russian (ru) Космическая привязь		70
5	French (fr) Propulsion captive		55
6	Chinese (zh) 太空纜索		55
7	Spanish (es) Atadura espacial		28
8	Ukrainian (uk) Космічна прив'язь		16
9	Arabic (ar) حبل الفضاء		13
10	Persian (fa) کمند فضایی		7

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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 tether" 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 tether		196
2	German (de) Space Tether		37
3	French (fr) Propulsion captive		26
4	Japanese (ja) テザー推進		14
5	Russian (ru) Космическая привязь		8
6	Ukrainian (uk) Космічна прив'язь		7
7	Chinese (zh) 太空纜索		5
8	Arabic (ar) حبل الفضاء		3
9	Spanish (es) Atadura espacial		2
10	Persian (fa) کمند فضایی		1

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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 tether" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) حبل الفضاء		0
2	German (de) Space Tether		0
3	English (en) Space tether		0
4	Spanish (es) Atadura espacial		0
5	Persian (fa) کمند فضایی		0
6	French (fr) Propulsion captive		0
7	Japanese (ja) テザー推進		0
8	Russian (ru) Космическая привязь		0
9	Ukrainian (uk) Космічна прив'язь		0
10	Chinese (zh) 太空纜索		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 tether" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Space tether		283
2	Japanese (ja) テザー推進		87
3	French (fr) Propulsion captive		65
4	German (de) Space Tether		33
5	Chinese (zh) 太空纜索		29
6	Ukrainian (uk) Космічна прив'язь		28
7	Spanish (es) Atadura espacial		13
8	Arabic (ar) حبل الفضاء		10
9	Persian (fa) کمند فضایی		9
10	Russian (ru) Космическая привязь		6

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic حبل الفضاء
de	German Space Tether
en	English Space tether
es	Spanish Atadura espacial
fa	Persian کمند فضایی
fr	French Propulsion captive
ja	Japanese テザー推進
ru	Russian Космическая привязь
uk	Ukrainian Космічна прив'язь
zh	Chinese 太空纜索

Best Rank

English: #88308 11.2019

Global: #138747 11.2019

Best Rank

English: #7288 03.2002

Global: #7683 03.2002

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