UNMANNED SPACEFLIGHT TASK FORCE (DEFUNCT)

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Established (2006-09-25) 25 September 2006 (age 17) Articles under scope 9295 out of 6,802,688 articles.
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Inactive Aerospace biography ESA SpaceX Wikipedia:Constellation program
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Welcome to the Unmanned spaceflight task force. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of unmanned spaceflight and the organisation of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this task force will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please join the project, inquire on the talk page and see the to-do list below.

Goals[edit]

The goals of this task force are to:

Standardise and better organise content related to unmanned spaceflight
Expand and improve the articles within its scope
Create articles related to relevant topics that do not already exist

Scope[edit]

All articles relating to unmanned spaceflight are within the scope of this task force.
Articles relating to manned spaceflight are not within this project's scope, and are instead covered by the Human spaceflight task force

Guidelines[edit]

This is currently just a suggestion, and is has not yet been accepted for use

Most articles should contain sections describing the spacecraft, its launch, its mission or operations, and its outcome.
Both SI and imperial units should be used, however SI units should always be given first.
All times should be in UTC, with local times in parentheses for ground events. UTC times should use the 24-hour clock, whilst local times should use either 12 or 24 hour clock depending on which is used in the applicable country)
Mission durations should be written in clear units (e.g. "1 day, 1 hour, 8 minutes", not "1 day 01:08" or "25:08")
Navboxes should be used to navigate between spacecraft related by series, bus, or other similarities.

Members[edit]

Please add your name to the list here. Also, don't forget to add your name to the WikiProject Spaceflight member list.

ChiZeroOne (talk · contribs) - in process of mass-bannering USF articles
Chr.K. (talk · contribs)
DNJH (talk · contribs) Documenting commercial satellites
GW_Simulations (talk · contribs)
Kasos_fr (talk · contribs)
LanceBarber (talk · contribs) - since 2007 I've edited Progress flights to the ISS
Neopeius (talk · contribs) - Early automatic satellite missions
Sdsds (talk · contribs)
ShadowHntr (talk · contribs) - working on Cassini-Huygens, Hayabusa and JAXA articles
Xession (talk · contribs) - formatting/rewriting/expanding interplanetary articles
N2e (talk · contribs) - tend to focus on improving Wikipedia coverage of unmanned spaceflight by the NewSpace (formerly alt.space) community
nrl103 (talk · contribs) - Scientific Robotic Spacecraft, plz contact me if you want me to help anywhere

Review and assessment[edit]

All articles that are within the scope of this task force should be tagged with the ((WikiProject Spaceflight)) banner. This allows all related task forces to use the same banner. The "unmanned" parameter of this template should be set to "yes" to show that this task force is interested in the article (e.g. ((WikiProject Spaceflight|class= |importance= |unmanned=yes|unmanned-importance= )) ). See template for detailed instructions.

Spaceflight NA‑class Top‑importance

	Spaceflight portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject Spaceflight, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of spaceflight on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.SpaceflightWikipedia:WikiProject SpaceflightTemplate:WikiProject Spaceflightspaceflight articles
NA	This article has been rated as NA-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale.
Top	This article has been rated as Top-importance on the project's importance scale.

The quality ("class") of the article uses the main WikiProject Spaceflight assessment criteria. The importance of the article to this task force should be set using the "unmanned-importance" parameter of the template. Importance grades are:

WikiProject article importance scheme
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Importance	Criteria	Example
Top	Subject is extremely important, even crucial, to its specific field. Reserved for subjects that have achieved international notability within their field.	Communications satellite
High	Subject is extremely notable, but has not achieved international notability, or is only notable within a particular continent.	Exploration of Mars
Mid	Subject is only notable within its particular field or subject and has achieved notability in a particular place or area.	GPS IIR-1
Low	Subject is not particularly notable or significant even within its field of study. It may only be included to cover a specific part of a notable article.	Neptune Orbiter
NA	Subject importance is not applicable. Generally applies to non-article pages such as redirects, categories, templates, etc.	Template:GOES
???	Subject importance has not yet been assessed.

Progress so far,

Unmanned spaceflight pages by quality
Quality	Total pages
Assessed	0
Total	0

[log] • [by quality] • [by importance]

Related pages[edit]

List of all subpages of this page.

Templates[edit]

Spaceflight and rocketry templates

Infoboxes

Spaceflight	astronaut navigation satellite system space agency spaceflight year in spaceflight
Spacecraft	individual space vehicle space shuttle space station module spacecraft class spacecraft instrument docking mechanism
Space program	space program (American English) space programme (non-American English) space program by country
Rocketry	launch pad rocket engine launch stage weapon

Navboxes

General	((Non-rocket spacelaunch)) ((Orbits)) ((Public-sector space agencies)) ((Satellite and spacecraft instruments)) ((Satellite constellations)) ((Solar System probes)) ((Space medicine)) ((Space observatories)) ((Space suits)) ((Space tourism)) ((Space-based meteorological observation)) ((Spaceflight)) ((Spaceport))
Timelines	((Human spaceflight timeline)) ((Space station crew timeline)) ((Orbital launches by year)) ((Spaceflight lists and timelines)) ((TLS-L)) (timeline of spaceflight - list)

By category

Planetary
exploration

Launch sites

((Baikonur Cosmodrome launch sites))
((CSG launch sites))
((Merritt Island)) (includes Cape Canaveral)
((Plesetsk Cosmodrome launch sites))
((Point Arguello launch sites))
((Satish Dhawan Space Centre))
((Vandenberg Space Force Base))
((Wallops Island))

Rockets

By type	((Orbital launch systems)) ((Reusable launch systems)) ((Spaceplanes)) ((Upper stages))
By country	((Chinese launch systems)) ((European launch systems)) ((Japanese launch systems)) ((Russian launch systems)) ((Ukrainian launch vehicles)) ((US launch systems))
By family	((Rocket families)) ((Rocket engines)) ((Ariane)) ((Atlas rockets)) ((J-2 (rocket engine))) ((Long March rockets)) ((PSLV)) ((R-7 rockets)) ((Saturn rockets)) ((Scout rockets)) ((Thor and Delta rockets)) ((Titan rockets))

Rocket launches

((Arianespace launches))

By country

International

((Cargo spacecraft))
((Crewed spacecraft))
((Crewed lunar spacecraft))
((ISS expeditions))
((ISS modules))
((Moon colonization))
((People currently in space))
((People who have traveled to the Moon))
((Space stations))
((Uncrewed ISS flights))

Other countries

Private

China

((Chinese launch systems))
((Chinese space facilities and organizations))
((Chinese spacecraft))
((CLEP)) (lunar exploration)
((CNSA space program))
((Shenzhou program))
((Tiangong space station))

General	((Russian launch systems)) ((Russian human spaceflight programs)) ((Russian space program))
Crewed	((Almaz Program)) ((Buran programme)) ((Crewed Mir flights)) ((Crewed Salyut flights)) ((Mir modules)) ((Pilot-Cosmonaut of the USSR)) ((Progress spacecraft)) ((Salyut programme)) ((Shuttle-Mir)) ((Soviet human lunar programs)) ((Soyuz)) ((Soyuz variants)) ((TKS spacecraft))
Uncrewed	((Dnepropetrovsk Sputnik)) ((Luna programme)) ((USSR space probes)) ((Venera)) ((Zond program))

United States

General

Uncrewed

Crewed (United States)
General	((Apollo program)) ((Artemis program)) ((Constellation program)) ((Gemini program)) ((Project Gemini)) ((Project Mercury)) ((Project Skylab)) ((US human spaceflight programs))
Space Shuttle program (general)	((All U.S. Space Shuttle Missions)) ((Space Shuttle)) ((Space Shuttles)) ((Timeline of Space Shuttle orbiters))
Space Shuttle program (specific orbiter)	((Space Shuttle Atlantis)) ((Space Shuttle Challenger)) ((Space Shuttle Columbia)) ((Space Shuttle Discovery)) ((Space Shuttle Endeavour)) ((STS-51L)) ((STS-107))
NASA Astronaut Groups	((NASA Astronaut Groups)) Individual Astronaut Groups ((1)) ((2)) ((3)) ((4)) ((5)) ((6)) ((7)) ((8)) ((9)) ((10)) ((11)) ((12)) ((13)) ((14)) ((15)) ((16)) ((17)) ((18)) ((19)) ((20)) ((21)) ((22))
Spacecraft	((Orion spacecraft)) ((SpaceX Dragon)) ((Boeing Starliner))

TLS

((Infobox Year in spaceflight))
((TLS-H2))
((TLS-L))
((TLS-M))
((TLS-PC))
((TLS-PL))
((TLS-R))
((TLS-RL))

Project banners

((WikiProject Rocketry))
((WikiProject Spaceflight))

Other

Stub types	((Astronaut-stub)) ((Communications-satellite-stub)) ((Rocketry-stub)) ((Space-book-stub)) ((Space-stub)) ((Spacecraft-stub))
Temporal	((Current spaceflight))

((WP:WikiProject Spaceflight/Templates))
((Spaceflight infoboxes))
((Spaceflight navboxes))

Resources[edit]

Related WikiProjects[edit]

Project	Active members	Assess	Active
Astronomy WikiProjects
Astronomy	188	Yes	Yes
Astronomical objects	31	No	Yes
Constellations (task force)	7	No	No
Cosmology (task force)	<30	No	No
Eclipses	11	No	Yes
Solar System WikiProjects
Solar System	38	Yes	Yes
Jupiter (task force)	3	No	Yes
Mars	11	Yes	Yes
Moon	17	Yes	Partial
Spaceflight WikiProjects
Spaceflight	91	Yes	Yes
Adopt an astronaut (working group)	>5	No	Yes
Aerospace biography (task force)	<9	No	No
ESA (task force)	4	Yes	No
Space stations (working group)	2	No	No
Timeline of spaceflight (working group)	8	No	Partial
Data as of 24 October 2020
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This task force is a child of WikiProject Spaceflight as are the Human spaceflight task force and the Timeline of spaceflight working group.

Websites[edit]

Suggested books[edit]

Hill, C. N. (2001). A Vertical Empire: The History of the UK Rocket and Space Programme, 1950-1971 (2006 ed.). London: Imperial College Press. ISBN 1-86094-268-7.
Harland, David M; Lorenz, Ralph D. (2005). Space Systems Failures (2006 ed.). Chichester: Springer-Praxis. ISBN 0-387-21519-0.
Powell, Joel W.; LeBrun, Art (2006). Go For Launch: An Illustrated History of Cape Canaveral. Canada: Apogee Books. ISBN 1-894959-43-4.

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