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launch vehicle

rocket used to carry payload into outer space
class space Q697175
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Summary

launch vehicle ranks in the top 8% of space entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,151 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: rocket[2], launcher[3]
  • Part of: space mission[4]
  • Has use: spaceflight[5]
  • Commons category: Space launch vehicles[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Space launch vehicles[7]
  • Main Wikidata property: P375[8]
  • Different from: rakieta[9]
  • Has list: list of launch vehicles[10]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[11]

Why It Matters

launch vehicle has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] It is known by 79 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Edit History

Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 2lfJ8G
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  2. 16w ago · Putnik · 2026-06-19 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id → nesancioji-raketa
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija id: nesancioji-raketa"
  3. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-26 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main wikidata property → P375
    Has list → —
    Freebase id → /m/04rkwz
    On focus list of wikimedia project → —
    + 59 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|2 */ National library of israel j9u id: 987007558161205171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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