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1 January 2021 — 31 January 2021
Volume 2 — Issue 4
Spaceflight Project • Project discussion • Members • Assessment • Open tasks • Popular pages • The Downlink
In the News!
  • The NASA Space Launch System test-fire of the core stage on 16 January triggered a shutdown due to an hydraulic system issue. The test which was intended to last eight minutes, lasted just over one minute.
  • Space X sets a new world record for the number of satellites launched. 143 small satellites were launched on a Falcon 9 on 24 January.
Article of the month.

Charles "Pete" Conrad Jr. (June 2, 1930 – July 8, 1999) was an American NASA astronaut, aeronautical engineer, naval officer and aviator, test pilot, and commanded the Apollo 12 space mission, on which he became the third person to walk on the Moon. Conrad was selected in NASA's second astronaut class in 1962.

Image of the month.

This is an image of Dr. von Braun standing infront of the five F-1 engines of the Saturn V Dynamic Test Vehicle on display at the U.S. Space & Rocket Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The engines measured 19-feet tall by 12.5-feet at the nozzle exit and burned 15 tons of liquid oxygen and kerosene each second to produce 7,500,000 pounds of thrust.

Members

New Members:

Number of active members: 98. Total number of members: 308.

January Launches
All times stated here are in UTC.

  1. United States Falcon 9 – Türksat 5A (8th at 02:15) Success Success
  2. United States LauncherOne – ELaNa-20 (17th at 19:38:51) Success Success
  3. China Long March 3B/E – Tiantong 1-03 (19th at 16:25) Success Success
  4. New Zealand Electron (rocket) – Another One Leaves the Crust (20th at 07:26) Success Success
  5. United States Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L16 (20th at 13:02) Success Success
  6. United States Falcon 9 – Transporter 1 (24th at 13:02) Success Success
  7. China Long March 4C – Yaogan 31-02 (29th at 04:47) Success Success

February Launches
Launch dates can change. See a current list: here.

  • Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L17
  • Soyuz-2.1b – Lotos-S
  • Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L18
  • Long March 3B/E – Tianhui-3
  • Soyuz-2.1a – Progress 77P
  • Falcon 9 – Starlink V1.0-L19
  • PSLV – Amazônia 1
  • Antares – NG 15
 Article Statistics
This data reflects values from the 31 January 2021
Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality Importance
Top High Mid Low NA ??? Total
FA 7 17 4 7 35
FL 4 4 8
FM 96 96
GA 11 22 37 51 121
B 1 48 37 43 129
C 55 159 523 483 7 1,227
Start 38 159 1,122 2,203 371 3,893
Stub 7 245 2,175 225 2,652
List 14 131 78 209 432
Category 1,029 1,029
Disambig 47 47
File 197 197
Portal 55 55
Project 57 57
Redirect 1,120 1,120
Template 493 493
Other 32 32
Assessed 126 543 2,050 5,175 3,132 603 11,629
Unassessed 1 48 49
Total 126 543 2,050 5,176 3,132 651 11,678
Monthly Changes

Since December, 23 new pages have been added to Spaceflight. Including 1 new file. Unfortunately there are 8 less GA class articles however there was an increase of 13 articles at C class.

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