Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes

Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes - Wikimedia list article. Article “Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes” in English Wikipedia has 53.8 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 67 references and 11 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.

In June 2025 the article “Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes”, its content was written by 270 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 625 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 321 times in English Wikipedia and cited 630 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #403 in September 2002
• Global: #1023 in September 2002

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #109337 in February 2012
• Global: #104972 in November 2023

There are 6 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) Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes		53.8373
2	French (fr) Chronologie des satellites artificiels et sondes spatiales		40
3	Arabic (ar) التسلسل الزمني للأقمار الصناعية والمسابير الفضائية		32.0601
4	German (de) Liste der Raumsonden		23.7754
5	Italian (it) Lista delle sonde spaziali		12.0788
6	Japanese (ja) 人工衛星・宇宙探査機の年表		11.4707

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes		1 069 566
2	Italian (it) Lista delle sonde spaziali		262 615
3	German (de) Liste der Raumsonden		218 262
4	French (fr) Chronologie des satellites artificiels et sondes spatiales		198 559
5	Japanese (ja) 人工衛星・宇宙探査機の年表		70 704
6	Arabic (ar) التسلسل الزمني للأقمار الصناعية والمسابير الفضائية		16 762

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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 "Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes		2 892
2	German (de) Liste der Raumsonden		1 000
3	French (fr) Chronologie des satellites artificiels et sondes spatiales		423
4	Italian (it) Lista delle sonde spaziali		372
5	Arabic (ar) التسلسل الزمني للأقمار الصناعية والمسابير الفضائية		142
6	Japanese (ja) 人工衛星・宇宙探査機の年表		96

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

Language versions of the article "Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes		270
2	German (de) Liste der Raumsonden		161
3	French (fr) Chronologie des satellites artificiels et sondes spatiales		117
4	Italian (it) Lista delle sonde spaziali		54
5	Japanese (ja) 人工衛星・宇宙探査機の年表		17
6	Arabic (ar) التسلسل الزمني للأقمار الصناعية والمسابير الفضائية		6

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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 "Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	German (de) Liste der Raumsonden		1
2	English (en) Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes		1
3	Arabic (ar) التسلسل الزمني للأقمار الصناعية والمسابير الفضائية		0
4	French (fr) Chronologie des satellites artificiels et sondes spatiales		0
5	Italian (it) Lista delle sonde spaziali		0
6	Japanese (ja) 人工衛星・宇宙探査機の年表		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 "Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes		321
2	German (de) Liste der Raumsonden		103
3	French (fr) Chronologie des satellites artificiels et sondes spatiales		86
4	Italian (it) Lista delle sonde spaziali		67
5	Japanese (ja) 人工衛星・宇宙探査機の年表		46
6	Arabic (ar) التسلسل الزمني للأقمار الصناعية والمسابير الفضائية		7

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic التسلسل الزمني للأقمار الصناعية والمسابير الفضائية
de	German Liste der Raumsonden
en	English Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes
fr	French Chronologie des satellites artificiels et sondes spatiales
it	Italian Lista delle sonde spaziali
ja	Japanese 人工衛星・宇宙探査機の年表

Best Rank

English: #109337 02.2012

Global: #104972 11.2023

Best Rank

English: #403 09.2002

Global: #1023 09.2002

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