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space telescope

instrument in outer space for observing distant space objects
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Summary

space telescope draws 2,584 Wikipedia views per month (space category, ranking #28 of 213).[1]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: telescope[2], artificial satellite[3], astronomical observatory[4], space instrument[5]
  • Commons category: Space telescopes[6]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Space telescopes[7]
  • Topic has template: Template:Infobox space telescope[8], Template:Space observatories[9]

Why It Matters

space telescope has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[10] It is known by 87 alternative names across languages and contexts.[11]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [10] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [11] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 14w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Sciencedirect topic id → physics-and-astronomy/space-telescope, engineering/space-telescope
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