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The OneWeb flags are currently island of Jersey, but the OneWeb page says they're based in Arlington, Virginia. Anybody know which is correct? Grey Wanderer ( talk) 00:43, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Creating a section here because I plan to remove Gonets-M1 2019 launch. According to ru:Сфера (спутниковая система связи) (and references in it) Gonets-M1 (or its future modification) will be used for a large constellation called "Sphere" providing broadband service. It's planned to be launched on Angara rockets starting from 2022. Because it's so far into the future and delays are expected, I'm deleting the 2019 entry and not creating a new 2022 entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbsail ( talk • contribs) 00:53, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
An additional reference point. According to this April 2017 article the head of Gonets-M design/manufacturing company said a contract to develop Gonets-M1 had not been signed and it would take 3-4 years from signing a contract to the first launch. So Gonets-M1 cannot be even launched earlier than Q2 2020. I searched for news of Gonets-M1 development contract and couldn't find it. My understanding Gonets-M1 is in limbo and Sphere project will provide funding to develop a satellite based on whatever has been done for Gonets-M1. Unlike Gonets-M1 upgrade project Sphere has received funding. Sbsail ( talk) 23:22, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
According to Khrunichev press release only one Angara is ready to be launched in 2019. I've moved Luch-5M entry to 2021 and I'm removing highly speculative Kosmos EKS 14F154 entry (here is the revision before the removal). If you add a 2019 Angara launch please provide a well sourced reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbsail ( talk • contribs) 23:52, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
@ JFG: There is a newer update. Number of Proton launches is down to eight. Blagovest No. 13L moved to this year. Late 2019 Eutelsat must have been moved to 2020. The article lists Q1 Inmarsat launch but I believe it's a mistake. I think it's Intelsat. I cannot find a confirmation that Inmarsat is ready to launch a satellite on Proton within next 5 months. — Sbsail talk 01:26, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
For the record Angara trial program was planned like this as of early 2018 (dates in parentheses are new dates as of March 2019):
My understanding is that during the trial program the launcher design is subject to tweaks so it cannot be mass produced. Expect slow pace of Angara launches for the next few years. — Sbsail talk 01:12, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
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@ JFG: I think it's most likely Intelsat simply because it's easier to mix up with Inmarsat than Eutelsat (same first letter). Anyways I'll search/wait for the sources. Elektro-L №4 is easy to move. Give me a second. — Sbsail talk 03:15, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Yenisey and Ellips were two related satcom projects to replace Meridian and Raduga. [1] However they were not part of the defense budget but rather part of the Federal Space Program. Roscosmos who pitched them already paid for Yenisey-A1 prototype spacecraft and Proton launcher in 1995-2005 budget cycle. When a new budget cycle 2016-2025 started Roscosmos drafted a gimped version of Yenisey and Ellips projects (known as a single SSKMS (ru:ССКМС) project) that wouldn't not even provide full coverage. When it learned that the final budget was 30% less than the draft it killed SSKMS. [2] As for Yenisey-A1, ISS Reshetnev who was paid to design and manufacture it, basically used the money for other budget-overrun projects. Roscosmos sued Reshetnev for failure to deliver Yenisey-A1 and GLONASS-KK-V. [3] (kind of odd that a parent company is suing a subsidiary; it appears to be some kind of power play / internal politics) Considering that Reshetnev today is deep in debt and Yenisey & Ellips had been cancelled, Yenisey-A1 most likely is also dead. I'm removing it from the list (link to the revision before the removal). — Sbsail talk 17:43, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
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@ JFG:The second reference at the payload line was the confirmation. It says Roscosmos placed an open RFQ for manufacturing and delivery of Soyuz 2.1b for Gonet-M №27, №28, №29 launch (these are Gonets-M 17,18,19 in Western numbering). Delivery was expected by Novermber 25th, 2018. Checking the current status of the RFQ says it was awarded to Progress Rocket Space Centre. So everything looks fine for an early 2019 launch. I moved the reference to the date and added ria-20181025 reference that says one Soyuz launch with three Gonets is planned for 2019. Almost the same situation with Gonet-M №30, №31, №32 launch (these are Gonets-M 20,21,22 in Western numbering). Soyuz 2.1b launcher, November 25th, 2019 delivery date. The RFQ status says bidding failed because only one bidder, Progress Rocket Space Centre, showed up and a special commission was formed due to lack of competition. Standard red tape. It looks good for an early 2020 launch (we know that only one Soyuz 2019 launch is planned). I'm moving it to 2020. — Sbsail talk 22:47, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Back to Proton launches: according to a deputy premier minister no military launches are planned on Protons, only Angara A5, 1.2 and Soyuz launchers will be used going forward. — Sbsail talk 23:10, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Upon rereading the reference attached to the December Angara with Blok DM-03 (maiden flight of the upper stage) it's clearly named as the second flight of Angara. That means Repei launch on Angara is not happening in 2019. I'm removing it. Perhaps it slipped to 2020 but we don't have a reference that is not speculation. Link to the page before the removal — Sbsail talk 03:37, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
The mistake in the 2019 Proton launches manifest news article is resolved. It was neither Intelsat nor Eutelsat. It is Anik G2V: https://ria.ru/20181222/1548471431.html — Sbsail talk 03:46, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Elektro-L №3 is not in the article above. There is no news about it but there is no reason to think it's been cancelled so I'm moving it to 2020. — Sbsail talk 04:23, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Anik 2GV is no longer scheduled to be launched in 2019. [1]
According to the announced 2019 Russian space program only three GLONASS launches are planned. I have found and placed references in the article for all three (K1 N3, K2 N1, K2 N2) so I'm removing the other speculative entries and ask to please provide well sourced references if replacing info or adding new launches.
According to the interview with the head of ISS Reshetnev all nine K1 satellites will be launched on as needed basis not on schedule. M satellites will also be launched as needed. He said first two K2 will be launched as soon as they are manufactured because the designers need to test a lot of new subsystems before they are mass produced. K2s are expected to replace all M and K1 satellites in the constellation. Only 9 K1 satellites are scheduled to be produced. — Sbsail talk 00:31, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
Both K1 and K2 2019 launches slipped, not rearranged. There is actually no date for the M launch in the Russian news. Although Q1 is a good guess. The M launch was probably inserted due to K1 and K2 slippage. The most recent article published just days ago still says that M launches will be performed as needed without any tentative launch dates provided: https://ria.ru/20181217/1548089966.html — Sbsail talk 03:13, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
@ JFG: FYI http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/russia-man.txt GLONASS dates are from early 2018 schedule. The dates were recently unofficially released to RIA Novosti and anik user at NASA Space Flight forum who published the info at https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30175.msg1944119#msg1944119 but the schedule was created in early 2018. Other updates published in 2018-2019 overwrite that schedule. October 2018 plan to launch only three GLONASS satellites in 2019 is more recent than the recently released 2018 schedule. In fact Russia may launch only one GLONASS satellite in 2019 as the chief GLONASS designer said a month ago: "They [K1 and K2] are in the [2019] manifest. I wish could see them [in space] earlier. But launching them to replace currently working satellites is not efficient." [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbsail ( talk • contribs) 20:33, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
Ingosstrakh published a detailed Russian Q4 2019 launch manifest (slide #9). [3]. Only one GLONASS-M launch is in the manifest so I'm moving the rest to 2020. In addition a 2020 launch manifest was also published but later deleted. Three slides have been archived here. As far as GLONASS launches are concerned it's not reliable. 6 GLONASS launches listed in 2020 while the chief GLONASS designer said just a few months ago that they won't launch to replace satellites that still work OK. — Sbsail talk 19:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
The Falcon 9 launch with PSN-6 and the Sparrow lunar lander was organized (ride-share) by Spaceflight Industries, but it is not a spacecraft or payload by itself. Thanks, Rowan Forest ( talk) 15:51, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
It doesn't look like Iran will share a ride on a Russian rocket to launch its satellite(s). Apparently it plans to launch Dousti satellite on a domestic rocket. Two more satellites are planned to be launched on Simorgh (see Q1 entry in 2019 article). That accounts for three satellites ready to be launched as of October 2018. I'm removing speculative Dousti payload from Kanopus launch. In case it needs to be restored here is the link to it. Once Kanopus launch is performed all payloads will be published here — Sbsail talk 17:55, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
As far as I see Steven Pietrobon (who is the reference for most Chinese launches) copies all or virtually all Chinese launches from spaceflightfans.cn (SFF) with some compilation of data from Gunter Krebs. Just a few days ago they both copied SFF mistake of putting SaudiSats in the recent Long March 2D launch. So I consider SFF to be the primary source (they seem to compile data from public announcements in Chinese media). — Sbsail talk 08:52, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
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citation to the SFF source then? You mean
this list, right? —
JFG
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I looked through the history of Kuaizhou 1A (aka Fast Boat 1A) entries at SFF, they never listed Kuaizhou 1A payloads throughout 2018 while Gunter Krebs added Jilin payloads back in 2017 just by guessing I believe. Now SFF lists one Kuaizhou 1A launch in April and four in 2019. We usually don't list launches without payloads if they are based on a vague announcement like "Rocket X will be launched N times in YYYY year" so I'm removing speculative Jilin-9..12 entries. — Sbsail talk 08:52, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
TCStar 1 aka Thaicom 9 [4] is on hold per the reference. Abandoned according to this article [5] or another [6] — Sbsail talk 14:15, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Expect more delays but no new launch dates announced. Uncrewed flights likely first half of the year, crewed flights likely towards the end of the year. Something to watch. -- mfb ( talk) 00:17, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
According to the section, the ALINA lander will be launched by the Falcon 9 rocket. How is the Falcon 9 able to deliver something out of Earth's orbit? Falcon 9 is an orbital rocket. -- 212.186.15.191 ( talk) 09:58, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Would be nice to have a reference in the introductory section regarding first time orbital launches, especially for smallsat launcher hopefuls. From a quick glance I saw LauncherOne, FireFly Alpha and Vector-R. 208.66.241.14 ( talk) 04:27, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
According to this article 19 launches are planned from Baikonur in 2019 and seven of them are Proton launches. That leaves us with 12 Soyuz launches. All of them are accounted for: one EgyptSat-A, three Progress MS-11,12,13, four Soyuz MS-12,13,14,15 and four OneWeb launches. The rest of Baikonur Soyuz launches should be either carried over or removed. — Sbsail talk 06:19, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
I'm removing Smotr-R and Smotr-IK because (a) they were announced in 2015 to be launched in 2018. When nothing happened in 2018 they were carried over to 2019 article without any news I can find (b) Gazprom Space Systems has just published a year end summary. No mention of Smotr. They one reported that design of satellite construction facilities has been finished and is now going through federal certification. No satellite design or prototype reported. No dates. They said that 90% of their revenue comes from communication services and the business is doing good (up 6% YoY) so it's possible they will just construct communication satellites. Who knows. (c) On their website Smotr is described in just five lines that didn't change for years. — Sbsail talk 06:19, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Should we move to either add or change the image in the Infobox to be the flyby image of Ultima Thule from New Horizons? That seems like the current most significant image from the year UnknownM1 ( talk) 18:05, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
I updated Start-1 article. Read the last paragraph of History section. Basically Start-1 was not marketed since 2008 (per the head of MITT, Start-1 manufacturer) and till at least late 2018. Maybe now they are starting to market future 2022 launches. So EROS C cannot use Start-1. We usually don't list satellites that don't have a launcher assigned to them so I'm removing EROS C. — Sbsail talk 01:03, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
We should add Israel to the list of national first, for first moon impact. It may have been a failure, but Israel is still one of only a handful of countries to have an object reach and impact the moon. Walkyo ( talk) 14:39, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
The inventory of secondary payloads (cubesats) presented in the wikipedia article "2019 in spaceflight" differs quite significantly from the one manifested in RussianSpaceWeb: http://russianspaceweb.com/meteor-m2-2.html. I would think the RussianSpaceWeb one is actually more reliable. Does anyone want to do something about this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.214.79.42 ( talk) 14:22, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
Hey I was just curious if anyone had any suggestions for the collage for this year from what we have so far? I was also curious if there was a consensus to rotate the current picture a bit more. Thanks! UnknownM1 ( talk) 03:06, 9 July 2019 (UTC)
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The OneWeb flags are currently island of Jersey, but the OneWeb page says they're based in Arlington, Virginia. Anybody know which is correct? Grey Wanderer ( talk) 00:43, 19 October 2018 (UTC)
Creating a section here because I plan to remove Gonets-M1 2019 launch. According to ru:Сфера (спутниковая система связи) (and references in it) Gonets-M1 (or its future modification) will be used for a large constellation called "Sphere" providing broadband service. It's planned to be launched on Angara rockets starting from 2022. Because it's so far into the future and delays are expected, I'm deleting the 2019 entry and not creating a new 2022 entry. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbsail ( talk • contribs) 00:53, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
An additional reference point. According to this April 2017 article the head of Gonets-M design/manufacturing company said a contract to develop Gonets-M1 had not been signed and it would take 3-4 years from signing a contract to the first launch. So Gonets-M1 cannot be even launched earlier than Q2 2020. I searched for news of Gonets-M1 development contract and couldn't find it. My understanding Gonets-M1 is in limbo and Sphere project will provide funding to develop a satellite based on whatever has been done for Gonets-M1. Unlike Gonets-M1 upgrade project Sphere has received funding. Sbsail ( talk) 23:22, 20 October 2018 (UTC)
According to Khrunichev press release only one Angara is ready to be launched in 2019. I've moved Luch-5M entry to 2021 and I'm removing highly speculative Kosmos EKS 14F154 entry (here is the revision before the removal). If you add a 2019 Angara launch please provide a well sourced reference. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbsail ( talk • contribs) 23:52, 25 October 2018 (UTC)
@ JFG: There is a newer update. Number of Proton launches is down to eight. Blagovest No. 13L moved to this year. Late 2019 Eutelsat must have been moved to 2020. The article lists Q1 Inmarsat launch but I believe it's a mistake. I think it's Intelsat. I cannot find a confirmation that Inmarsat is ready to launch a satellite on Proton within next 5 months. — Sbsail talk 01:26, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
For the record Angara trial program was planned like this as of early 2018 (dates in parentheses are new dates as of March 2019):
My understanding is that during the trial program the launcher design is subject to tweaks so it cannot be mass produced. Expect slow pace of Angara launches for the next few years. — Sbsail talk 01:12, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
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@ JFG: I think it's most likely Intelsat simply because it's easier to mix up with Inmarsat than Eutelsat (same first letter). Anyways I'll search/wait for the sources. Elektro-L №4 is easy to move. Give me a second. — Sbsail talk 03:15, 26 October 2018 (UTC)
Yenisey and Ellips were two related satcom projects to replace Meridian and Raduga. [1] However they were not part of the defense budget but rather part of the Federal Space Program. Roscosmos who pitched them already paid for Yenisey-A1 prototype spacecraft and Proton launcher in 1995-2005 budget cycle. When a new budget cycle 2016-2025 started Roscosmos drafted a gimped version of Yenisey and Ellips projects (known as a single SSKMS (ru:ССКМС) project) that wouldn't not even provide full coverage. When it learned that the final budget was 30% less than the draft it killed SSKMS. [2] As for Yenisey-A1, ISS Reshetnev who was paid to design and manufacture it, basically used the money for other budget-overrun projects. Roscosmos sued Reshetnev for failure to deliver Yenisey-A1 and GLONASS-KK-V. [3] (kind of odd that a parent company is suing a subsidiary; it appears to be some kind of power play / internal politics) Considering that Reshetnev today is deep in debt and Yenisey & Ellips had been cancelled, Yenisey-A1 most likely is also dead. I'm removing it from the list (link to the revision before the removal). — Sbsail talk 17:43, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
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@ JFG:The second reference at the payload line was the confirmation. It says Roscosmos placed an open RFQ for manufacturing and delivery of Soyuz 2.1b for Gonet-M №27, №28, №29 launch (these are Gonets-M 17,18,19 in Western numbering). Delivery was expected by Novermber 25th, 2018. Checking the current status of the RFQ says it was awarded to Progress Rocket Space Centre. So everything looks fine for an early 2019 launch. I moved the reference to the date and added ria-20181025 reference that says one Soyuz launch with three Gonets is planned for 2019. Almost the same situation with Gonet-M №30, №31, №32 launch (these are Gonets-M 20,21,22 in Western numbering). Soyuz 2.1b launcher, November 25th, 2019 delivery date. The RFQ status says bidding failed because only one bidder, Progress Rocket Space Centre, showed up and a special commission was formed due to lack of competition. Standard red tape. It looks good for an early 2020 launch (we know that only one Soyuz 2019 launch is planned). I'm moving it to 2020. — Sbsail talk 22:47, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Back to Proton launches: according to a deputy premier minister no military launches are planned on Protons, only Angara A5, 1.2 and Soyuz launchers will be used going forward. — Sbsail talk 23:10, 28 October 2018 (UTC)
Upon rereading the reference attached to the December Angara with Blok DM-03 (maiden flight of the upper stage) it's clearly named as the second flight of Angara. That means Repei launch on Angara is not happening in 2019. I'm removing it. Perhaps it slipped to 2020 but we don't have a reference that is not speculation. Link to the page before the removal — Sbsail talk 03:37, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
The mistake in the 2019 Proton launches manifest news article is resolved. It was neither Intelsat nor Eutelsat. It is Anik G2V: https://ria.ru/20181222/1548471431.html — Sbsail talk 03:46, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Elektro-L №3 is not in the article above. There is no news about it but there is no reason to think it's been cancelled so I'm moving it to 2020. — Sbsail talk 04:23, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
Anik 2GV is no longer scheduled to be launched in 2019. [1]
According to the announced 2019 Russian space program only three GLONASS launches are planned. I have found and placed references in the article for all three (K1 N3, K2 N1, K2 N2) so I'm removing the other speculative entries and ask to please provide well sourced references if replacing info or adding new launches.
According to the interview with the head of ISS Reshetnev all nine K1 satellites will be launched on as needed basis not on schedule. M satellites will also be launched as needed. He said first two K2 will be launched as soon as they are manufactured because the designers need to test a lot of new subsystems before they are mass produced. K2s are expected to replace all M and K1 satellites in the constellation. Only 9 K1 satellites are scheduled to be produced. — Sbsail talk 00:31, 29 October 2018 (UTC)
Both K1 and K2 2019 launches slipped, not rearranged. There is actually no date for the M launch in the Russian news. Although Q1 is a good guess. The M launch was probably inserted due to K1 and K2 slippage. The most recent article published just days ago still says that M launches will be performed as needed without any tentative launch dates provided: https://ria.ru/20181217/1548089966.html — Sbsail talk 03:13, 23 December 2018 (UTC)
@ JFG: FYI http://www.sworld.com.au/steven/space/russia-man.txt GLONASS dates are from early 2018 schedule. The dates were recently unofficially released to RIA Novosti and anik user at NASA Space Flight forum who published the info at https://forum.nasaspaceflight.com/index.php?topic=30175.msg1944119#msg1944119 but the schedule was created in early 2018. Other updates published in 2018-2019 overwrite that schedule. October 2018 plan to launch only three GLONASS satellites in 2019 is more recent than the recently released 2018 schedule. In fact Russia may launch only one GLONASS satellite in 2019 as the chief GLONASS designer said a month ago: "They [K1 and K2] are in the [2019] manifest. I wish could see them [in space] earlier. But launching them to replace currently working satellites is not efficient." [2] — Preceding unsigned comment added by Sbsail ( talk • contribs) 20:33, 21 May 2019 (UTC)
Ingosstrakh published a detailed Russian Q4 2019 launch manifest (slide #9). [3]. Only one GLONASS-M launch is in the manifest so I'm moving the rest to 2020. In addition a 2020 launch manifest was also published but later deleted. Three slides have been archived here. As far as GLONASS launches are concerned it's not reliable. 6 GLONASS launches listed in 2020 while the chief GLONASS designer said just a few months ago that they won't launch to replace satellites that still work OK. — Sbsail talk 19:29, 1 October 2019 (UTC)
The Falcon 9 launch with PSN-6 and the Sparrow lunar lander was organized (ride-share) by Spaceflight Industries, but it is not a spacecraft or payload by itself. Thanks, Rowan Forest ( talk) 15:51, 31 October 2018 (UTC)
It doesn't look like Iran will share a ride on a Russian rocket to launch its satellite(s). Apparently it plans to launch Dousti satellite on a domestic rocket. Two more satellites are planned to be launched on Simorgh (see Q1 entry in 2019 article). That accounts for three satellites ready to be launched as of October 2018. I'm removing speculative Dousti payload from Kanopus launch. In case it needs to be restored here is the link to it. Once Kanopus launch is performed all payloads will be published here — Sbsail talk 17:55, 4 November 2018 (UTC)
As far as I see Steven Pietrobon (who is the reference for most Chinese launches) copies all or virtually all Chinese launches from spaceflightfans.cn (SFF) with some compilation of data from Gunter Krebs. Just a few days ago they both copied SFF mistake of putting SaudiSats in the recent Long March 2D launch. So I consider SFF to be the primary source (they seem to compile data from public announcements in Chinese media). — Sbsail talk 08:52, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
<ref name=china />
citation to the SFF source then? You mean
this list, right? —
JFG
talk
15:58, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
I looked through the history of Kuaizhou 1A (aka Fast Boat 1A) entries at SFF, they never listed Kuaizhou 1A payloads throughout 2018 while Gunter Krebs added Jilin payloads back in 2017 just by guessing I believe. Now SFF lists one Kuaizhou 1A launch in April and four in 2019. We usually don't list launches without payloads if they are based on a vague announcement like "Rocket X will be launched N times in YYYY year" so I'm removing speculative Jilin-9..12 entries. — Sbsail talk 08:52, 21 November 2018 (UTC)
TCStar 1 aka Thaicom 9 [4] is on hold per the reference. Abandoned according to this article [5] or another [6] — Sbsail talk 14:15, 14 February 2019 (UTC)
Expect more delays but no new launch dates announced. Uncrewed flights likely first half of the year, crewed flights likely towards the end of the year. Something to watch. -- mfb ( talk) 00:17, 30 November 2018 (UTC)
According to the section, the ALINA lander will be launched by the Falcon 9 rocket. How is the Falcon 9 able to deliver something out of Earth's orbit? Falcon 9 is an orbital rocket. -- 212.186.15.191 ( talk) 09:58, 18 December 2018 (UTC)
Would be nice to have a reference in the introductory section regarding first time orbital launches, especially for smallsat launcher hopefuls. From a quick glance I saw LauncherOne, FireFly Alpha and Vector-R. 208.66.241.14 ( talk) 04:27, 24 December 2018 (UTC)
According to this article 19 launches are planned from Baikonur in 2019 and seven of them are Proton launches. That leaves us with 12 Soyuz launches. All of them are accounted for: one EgyptSat-A, three Progress MS-11,12,13, four Soyuz MS-12,13,14,15 and four OneWeb launches. The rest of Baikonur Soyuz launches should be either carried over or removed. — Sbsail talk 06:19, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
I'm removing Smotr-R and Smotr-IK because (a) they were announced in 2015 to be launched in 2018. When nothing happened in 2018 they were carried over to 2019 article without any news I can find (b) Gazprom Space Systems has just published a year end summary. No mention of Smotr. They one reported that design of satellite construction facilities has been finished and is now going through federal certification. No satellite design or prototype reported. No dates. They said that 90% of their revenue comes from communication services and the business is doing good (up 6% YoY) so it's possible they will just construct communication satellites. Who knows. (c) On their website Smotr is described in just five lines that didn't change for years. — Sbsail talk 06:19, 3 January 2019 (UTC)
Should we move to either add or change the image in the Infobox to be the flyby image of Ultima Thule from New Horizons? That seems like the current most significant image from the year UnknownM1 ( talk) 18:05, 12 January 2019 (UTC)
I updated Start-1 article. Read the last paragraph of History section. Basically Start-1 was not marketed since 2008 (per the head of MITT, Start-1 manufacturer) and till at least late 2018. Maybe now they are starting to market future 2022 launches. So EROS C cannot use Start-1. We usually don't list satellites that don't have a launcher assigned to them so I'm removing EROS C. — Sbsail talk 01:03, 28 January 2019 (UTC)
We should add Israel to the list of national first, for first moon impact. It may have been a failure, but Israel is still one of only a handful of countries to have an object reach and impact the moon. Walkyo ( talk) 14:39, 12 May 2019 (UTC)
The inventory of secondary payloads (cubesats) presented in the wikipedia article "2019 in spaceflight" differs quite significantly from the one manifested in RussianSpaceWeb: http://russianspaceweb.com/meteor-m2-2.html. I would think the RussianSpaceWeb one is actually more reliable. Does anyone want to do something about this? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 128.214.79.42 ( talk) 14:22, 5 July 2019 (UTC)
Hey I was just curious if anyone had any suggestions for the collage for this year from what we have so far? I was also curious if there was a consensus to rotate the current picture a bit more. Thanks! UnknownM1 ( talk) 03:06, 9 July 2019 (UTC)