Talk:2022 in spaceflight

2nd Half 2022 Deleted

The second half of the year has been deleted. Even if there's not anything formally scheduled, there are still launches penciled in, such as Psyche. CFLeon (talk) 21:08, 1 May 2019 (UTC) - I put this up BEFORE the page for the second half of 2022 was created, and the page was still labeled as for the entire year. CFLeon (talk) 21:42, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

New infobox image needed

Since JUICE has been delayed to 2023, a new image is needed to replace it in the infobox. Anyone have suggestions as to what would be most appropriate? SLS maiden flight? Starship maiden flight? CLPS landers? Completion of the Tiangong space station? Psyche? ExoMars? Yiosie 2356 23:12, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

My vote is for SLS maiden flight, it's a significant new human spaceflight program. Astrofreak92 (talk) 23:57, 15 November 2021 (UTC)

I would include first crewed Starliner flight, Blue Whale 1, and Gaganyaan 1 uncrewed flight to the list of candidate images for the infographic. AmigaClone (talk) 12:28, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

I would say Psyche and ExoMars for now. These have a good chance to happen as scheduled. Add SLS and Starship once they have a launch date that might actually happen. These are the two most notable rockets with planned maiden flights. Starliner/CLPS/... if they achieve something. --mfb (talk) 13:25, 5 December 2021 (UTC)

Need for splitting or transfer of orbital launches section to a new pages

I think that the orbital launches section must be removed from this one and added to a new page list of spaceflight launches in January-June 2022 and list of spaceflight launches in July-December 2022 like the two pages of 2021. Is it right to do it now. Chinakpradhan (talk) 09:17, 24 December 2021 (UTC)

Changes in the order

In the article, instead of having the below organization, how about moving the section 'Orbital and suborbital launches' to between Extravehicular activities and Orbital Launch Statistics? Alternatively, with the launches having been split out into different articles, perhaps merging the 'Orbital and suborbital launches' section with 'Orbital Launch Statistics'?

Current contents

   1 Overview
       1.1 Exploration of the Solar System
       1.2 Lunar exploration
       1.3 Human spaceflight
       1.4 Rocket innovation
   2 Orbital and suborbital launches
   3 Deep-space rendezvous
   4 Extravehicular activities (EVAs)
   5 Orbital launch statistics
       5.1 By country
       5.2 By rocket
       5.3 By spaceport
       5.4 By orbit
   6 Expected maiden flights
   7 Notes
   8 References
   9 External links

Proposed contents

   1 Overview
       1.1 Exploration of the Solar System
       1.2 Lunar exploration
       1.3 Human spaceflight
       1.4 Rocket innovation
   2 Deep-space rendezvous
   3 Extravehicular activities (EVAs)
   4 Orbital and suborbital launches
   5 Orbital launch statistics
       5.1 By country
       5.2 By rocket
       5.3 By spaceport
       5.4 By orbit
   6 Expected maiden flights
   7 Notes
   8 References
   9 External links

AmigaClone (talk) 05:22, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

@AmigaClone: What are your reasons for changing the order? The current format on this article, with orbital and suborbital launches directly after the overview, is consistent with the format of the "YEAR in spaceflight" articles without split launch lists (see 2019 in spaceflight). In my opinion, the format ought to remain consistent between all these spaceflight list articles, and putting the orbital/suborbital launches lower in the order seems questionable to me because they are the main feature of these lists. Yiosie 2356 06:47, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

The primary reason is because it seems odd to mention the launches, then have information on deep space Deep-space rendezvous, followed by EVAs then diving the stats of the launches so far. The primary reason for the suggestion was to place the launches and launch stats next to each other. AmigaClone (talk) 07:32, 30 December 2021 (UTC)

Juno Flybys

Would someone with the information please out up ALL the Juno perijoves for the year, like previous years have done? Not even the Juno page has this information. CFLeon (talk) 21:42, 4 February 2022 (UTC)

Sources for Suborbital launch statistics

What are the sources for Suborbital launch statistics? Yemen looks suspicious here, and whole section is unsourced. Artem.G (talk) 17:07, 24 May 2022 (UTC)

All launch statistics here are derived from their respective launch entries in List of spaceflight launches in January–June 2022, which are sourced. Yiosie 2356 07:38, 25 May 2022 (UTC)

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Mars Orbiter Mission

Should there be a mention of the end of India's Mars Orbiter Mission on 27 September 2022 in the 'Exploration of the Solar System' section? AmigaClone (talk) 19:42, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Yes, though it should be stated that the mission officially ended in October following loss of contact with the spacecraft in April. Yiosie 2356 19:57, 8 October 2022 (UTC)

Electron Country of Origin

Rocket Lab's Electron is listed here with country of origin as United States. However the launch vehicle is designed and built in New Zealand. Rocket Lab LLC moved its headquarters to the US in 2013 as that was the only way to secure US Defense launch contracts, but surely country of origin of launch vehicle should reflect reality rather than commercial bureaucracy? Falconne (talk) 09:47, 24 March 2023 (UTC)