Talk:List of Starship launches

Content Copied

I don't know how to add the "content copied from articles x y and z", so I've copied content from SpaceX Starship and SpaceX Starship flight tests. I've also used List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches as a template. Redacted II (talk) 11:38, 26 July 2024 (UTC)

If you don't know "how", why not ask for help? You should have copied the whole page including history and talk. Now, with deleting much of the original page (and renaming it), most of the work of others gets diluted and neglected as their changes and efforts are no longer repesented in the history of this page, although their texts and contributions are now here. I see that as severe violation of WP rules. You once more disregarded the work of others. 47.64.136.116 (talk) 07:36, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Once more, stop with the personal attacks.

Two: You can't copy the history of an article. Maybe I could if I was an admin, but I'm not.

Three: How is splitting an article disregarding their changes? Redacted II (talk) 12:45, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

I am not attacking, merely stating facts. You should learn to distinguish.

Obviously, you need to edudate yourself a little:

Help:Page_history#Moved_and_deleted_pages

WP:MM

WP:SPLIT

As you failed to split the page and to migrate the page contents including history (or if not able, ask for), but simply copied content:

Now, the history of this page does not show anymore who wrote which parts.

This violates rules:

WP:C

WP:COPYWITHIN

I think you should clean up your mess:

WP:RIA 47.64.137.61 (talk) 07:19, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Added template

(Thanks for providing the exact policies. It made finding the template possible) Redacted II (talk) 11:51, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Inclusion criteria for Future launches

We need some sort of established inclusion criteria for putting planned missions in the Future launches section. The list is currently an eyesore due to the large number of refueling missions listed. These have no source (other than that ambiguous spacenews.com one) and no useful information. This does not adhere to WP:Verifiability. Future Starlink missions could end up in this predicament as well.

Therefore, I propose:

1. Every individual launch require a reference (Flight 6, as of today, would not be included).
2. Every refueling flight require a scheduled date (these missions are so uninteresting with regards to statistics that there's no point having them listed far before launch anyway).
3. No speculative mission be included, even if it has a source claiming it will happen.

Of course these guidelines are not carved in stone and could be changed in the future if necessary. Narnianknight (talk) 22:30, 8 September 2024 (UTC)

Strong agreement.

Right, I noted that directly after this unfortunate page was created.

Furthermore, all this comes from a single source where someone not related to SpaceX speculated(!) about how many refuelling flights might(!) be necessary. To include that in the tables, and making it the most striking feature of this pages is completely ridiculous.

The problem is that Redacted II likes to include speculative data, dubious sources and original resarch, and never ever apprehends the problem of doing so, as you can see above and in many other discussions regarding Starship, e.g. Talk:List_of_Starship_upper_stage_flight_tests#Dubious_statements_with_even_more_dubious_sources 47.64.136.116 (talk) 12:15, 9 September 2024 (UTC)

Again, 47.64.136.116, stop with the personal attacks and baseless accusations.

The # of refueling missions is sourced (and if the # of refueling missions is an eyesore, then Starlink is going to be much worse). Given that they have a NET, if not an exact date, they should remain.

Primary sources are worse than secondary sources: as proven by this quote: "Wikipedia articles should be based on reliable, published secondary sources, and to a lesser extent, on tertiary sources and primary sources.".

The IFT-6 sourcing issue is being worked on. As of September 10, 2024, it has one source.

There aren't any speculatory missions listed. Speculation would require it to not have a source. Redacted II (talk) 12:55, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Here is my rationale. I would like to hear exactly which points you disagree with and why.

1. This is a list of launches, not a list of missions ("missions" here including any launches to support one primary launch, e.g. refueling).

   A. Launches should be listed individually; missions should not group constituent launches.

   B. Launches are listed in chronological order, unsortable. When independent launches occur between constituent launches of a mission, that mission's launches indeed cannot be grouped together.

   C. If a launch is specifically purposed for a mission, that mission should be listed in the launch description.

2. Each supporting launch should have a reference to it specifically.

   A. A supporting launch should not be inferred from a primary launch announcement just because we know it must happen.

   i. If we were to include launches "because we know they must happen," we could enter dozens of unnamed Starlink launches because they have to complete the constellation sometime, right?

   ii. A source saying a mission will have refueling flights is no more an official announcement for a launch than one saying there will be a bunch of Starlink launches in the future.

   B. The thing I said about requiring a scheduled date may not be reasonable. It just depends on how they announce refueling missions.

   C. An editors' note from the source of List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches#Future launches: "Only officially announced missions should be listed, no rumors or speculation." I think you'll agree that Musk saying something does not describe being "officially announced."

3. If an entry has no meaningful information about the launch, it is perhaps an indication that there are not strong enough sources to warrant its existence.

Narnianknight (talk) 16:45, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

1A: Agree

1B: Agree

1C: Somewhat Agree (IMO, detailing Artemis 3 for every refueling mission, for example, is needlessly redundant)

2Ai: Agree, listing all the future Starlinks would be stupid

2Aii: Disagree We have the exact number of refueling flights, and a general time for when they occur. That is supported by sources. The same cannot be said for Starlink.

2B: Agree

2C: Strong Agree Musk is not a reliable source.

3: Define meaningful Redacted II (talk) 17:28, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

2Aii: Where are you getting an exact number? Every estimate has a different idea. It's misleading to put a number on it when SpaceX hasn't announced an official launch schedule.

3: The refueling entries add nothing to the article. For example, look at the data in each column for Artemis III.

• Generic mission name. We don't know the actual refueling naming scheme.
• Technically correct, to put it generously
• The ref doesn't seem to support it being Block 2
• No info
• No info
• Obvious
• No info
• No info
• Same as primary launch (and they're not really fuel customers)

This seems a lot like "being inferred from a primary launch announcement just because we know it must happen." Basically what I'm getting at is that no one is going to get any useful information about a given launch from this. You strongly agreed to entering "only officially announced missions," which refueling launches are certainly not (obvious exception for Prop Transfer Demo). Narnianknight (talk) 21:59, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

We know it must happen, we know the number of flights (Source: https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/at-least-15-starship-launches-to-execute-artemis-iii-lunar-landing/), and when. The existence of these missions have been announced.

Listing each launch individually, like on List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches, addresses the mission name issue.

The date listed is the official NET. Yes its unlikely, but its the official date.

The ref was put in the wrong spot. That has been fixed. (Also, yes, saying it is going to be version 2 is speculation. But we do know that its not Starship 1, and that Artemis 4 is going to use an upgraded HLS, so its very likely to be Starship 2).

We don't know ship or booster numbers past flights 7 and 8, respectively. No argument there.

Payload is, as you said, obvious. Mass is unknown, and may forever be unknown.

Orbit can actually be filled in as low earth orbit (Source: https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/04/nasa-starship-first-landings-on-ramp/)

NASA is the contractor (they aren't just paying for the launch of HLS, they're paying for the launches to fuel HLS as well). Redacted II (talk) 22:18, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

First, as above: I am not attacking, merely stating facts. You should learn to distinguish. You were cought several times with original research. So, now stop accusing me!

Second, you have been instructed about primary and secondary sources and when to use them several times as well. As you now once more insist that secondary sources are the best and cherrypicking quotes, I have to assume you do this on purpose and to distract.

"There aren't any speculatory missions listed. Speculation would require it to not have a source." This is just laughable. If you use a speculative source, it stays speculative. Your only(!) source "spacenews.com/starship-lunar-lander-missions-to-require-nearly-20-launches-nasa-says/" says "NASA says", so why don't find he original NASA statement? Because there is none! If you read the extremely inprecice arcticle more carefully, it's not NASA but a single "official", a "assistant deputy associate administrator"(!!) is speculating.

Even worse, what about "Exactly how many launches will be required has been a point of debate (..) Neither NASA nor SpaceX have given firm numbers recently." ?

The numbers "16" (NASA) or "8" (SpaceX) are not only disputed and given as "max", these are quotes themselves from much older articles. Why not quote those originals? Too lazy or distracting again? Or because they do not support your assumtions??

Out of this, you make some 50(!!) spaceship fuel missions and state that in a table as fact. Apart from one more "original research" by you, as you interprete this lousy article to a very wide stretch: This is extremely untrue and one more violation of WP rules.

@Narnianknight, I support your efforts and general criteria, but in this case such arguments are superfluous, as all those refuelling starts are just speculation and "original reasearch" out of a single highy speculative article with a clickbait headline. Just go on and delete it. 47.64.137.61 (talk) 07:43, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

"Second, you have been instructed about primary and secondary sources and when to use them several times as well. As you now once more insist that secondary sources are the best and cherrypicking quotes, I have to assume you do this on purpose and to distract."

You mean when you continue to say I'm misusing them despite direct quotations that say otherwise.

"If you use a speculative source, it stays speculative"

And the source for the number of flights, https://spacepolicyonline.com/news/at-least-15-starship-launches-to-execute-artemis-iii-lunar-landing/, is not speculative. I did search, by the way, for the original NASA statement. Redacted II (talk) 11:40, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

• "at least 15 Starships"
• "high teens"
• "quite a number of tankers" - Lakiesha Hawkins
• "in the high teens"
• "NASA and SpaceX have demurred on specifying how many launches would be required"

It is clear we do not know how many it will be. You agreed to list launches individually rather than in a mission group; that means waiting for an announcement for a specific launch. If a ref does not mention a specific launch, it is not a source for a specific launch.

(By the way, I am truly sorry you're being dog piled by someone comfortable in the bottom half of Graham's Hierarchy of Disagreement.) Narnianknight (talk) 12:43, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

In that case, I'd be okay with removing those flights, so long as it is listed under every mission that there will be a number of refueling flights in the high teens.

For the bottom half of the hierarchy of disagreement: tt's been going on for a while. Tried to get admins to resolve it. That failed. Redacted II (talk) 13:05, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

I've redone the tables to a better format (ok, I pretty much copied the Falcon list format). I'll also go through and look at refs when I have time. Narnianknight (talk) 18:55, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Failed for good reason, as everybody can re-read: You was the one who provoked me first, then invented a lot of nonsense to distract from the main issues, and then wanted to silence me with false accusations like beeing a socketpuppet. This all failed grandiously and you were told to stick to facts and nstop your own original resarch. Now, you do that again. 47.64.136.117 (talk) 09:21, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

So, provoking someone means "Rejecting an edit request". And inventing nonsense is directly quoting Wikipedia policy.

And if you look at the report that I filed, I say "sock puppetry section, though that isn't the main issue". You were using multiple IPs, though not intentionally.

And where in that discussion was I given any warning about WP:OR? Redacted II (talk) 11:49, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

First, the provoking was not rejecting but accusing, threatening and personal attacks.

Second, you should know your own failed attempt to silence me better.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/IncidentArchive1161#Repeated_personal_attacks_by_IP_47.69.67.250_(as_well_as_by_potential_sock_IPs)

"sock IP" even in the header. Your citation above you picked out of the "possible move" comment, distracting and cherrypicking again. The main accusation was "an attempt to make others believe that they are not all the same person". Also accusing of several severe personal attacks and many more. There was a clear vote of all 4 commenters against you, clearly stating "I don't see any of those diffs as personal attacks", "This thread is a waste of time." and " I don't see anything actionable here.". Your replys there showed you were totally unregenerate, contradicting all admins and others.

I never said the "OR" dispute happened there, one more allegation by you. Just a few examples:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Starship_flight_test_4#Requested_move_30_July_2024

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:SpaceX_Starship_(spacecraft)#improvements

There is only on reason I bring this up here in detail: You started to pick on it (for revenge?), misleading others, and I just had to correct these half-truths. While you keep on doing original resarch and interpreting already dubious sources to your liking. 47.64.136.117 (talk) 18:59, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

"First, the provoking was not rejecting but accusing, threatening and personal attacks"

Examples of threatening?

"The main accusation was "an attempt to make others believe that they are not all the same person""

If that was the case, it would have been titled "Repeated use of Sock IPs", and not "Repeated personal attacks"

"Your replys there showed you were totally unregenerate, contradicting all admins and others."

Unregenerate implies that filing a report at ANI, if it doesn't result in actions being taken, is somehow "wrong". As for contradicting admins, they said your actions weren't actionable. All I did was voice my disagreement.

"never said the "OR" dispute happened there, one more allegation by you."

Your wording heavily implies otherwise: "This all failed grandiously and you were told to stick to facts and nstop your own original resarch".

And finally, please, stop with the personal attacks. The bottom two levels of the Hierarchy of Disagreement should never be used. Redacted II (talk) 19:20, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

First Mars flight: "about five uncrewed Starships"

https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1837908705683059166

I'm not sure this qualifies (especially given the IMO bigoted political claims made within) Redacted II (talk) 17:48, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

That is not a specific launch announcement at all. Narnianknight (talk) 19:10, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Agreed, but I did want to make sure before not adding it at all. Redacted II (talk) 22:31, 22 September 2024 (UTC)

Flight 1 and 2 were a success

The reason those flights were a success is because they successfully lifted off and got further than the time before each time. SpaceX was able to collect the data and make improvements so the next flight could go even further yet again; so all those launches were a success. To say that any of them were failures is ridiculous. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.23.250.2 (talk) 10:57, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

This has been discussed oder and over, and if some people had not split the starship topics into manyfold small articles without proper interlinking and (re-)import of old discussions, you would have found it. E g see here: Talk:SpaceX_Starship

It is also discussed and explained in the artikel itself in the table. In my opinion, a start that destroys most of the pads infrastructure, cannot be seen as success :) 47.64.136.116 (talk) 12:35, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

There has been extensive discussion of this.

They were failures, as they didn't deliver the vehicle into the desired orbit. Redacted II (talk) 12:47, 10 September 2024 (UTC)

Well, that is false. As the test flights never wanted to reach any orbit and were clearly marked as suborbital on purpose, this argument fails. 47.64.137.61 (talk) 07:48, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Incorrect: transatmospheric is technically orbital. Redacted II (talk) 11:36, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

Nonsense again. Suborbital is by definition not orbital. You don't understand the difference between transatmospheric and TEO. Not everything someone gets into transatmospheric heights will get orbital. Flight tests 3+4 were on purpose not fast enought by a few percentages, to avoid space junk if something went wrong, thus 3+4 did not enter an orbit at all. Either you know that and want to distract on purpose again, or you need to re-read some facts and educate yourself.

WP:Sub-orbital spaceflight clearly explains that and lists e.g. all Blue Origin flights for exaclty that reason. All Starship flight tests so far did tecnically the same. 47.64.136.117 (talk) 09:34, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

Your confusing several terms.

IFT-1 and IFT-2 were aiming for a Transatmospheric orbit, with a perigee above the surface of the earth, but below the Kármán line.

Suborbital is what IFT-3 and IFT-4 targeted: with a perigee below the surface of the earth. Redacted II (talk) 11:36, 13 September 2024 (UTC)

If that was true, why does the IFT-1 page state "The projected flight path would have been suborbital" ?? It is referenced by one of you reveered secondary sources... 47.64.136.117 (talk) 07:48, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

It also lists "Regime Transatmospheric Earth orbit (planned)" in the infobox, and in the sentence before the one you cited (which is the only mention of the word "suborbital" in the article)

Its was transatmospheric. Redacted II (talk) 15:00, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Still it is crontradicting and confusing. Stay consistent, use reliable sources and no guessing. 47.64.136.117 (talk) 18:27, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Suborbital claim removed. Redacted II (talk) 18:58, 14 September 2024 (UTC)

Statistics Issue

The "Flight characteristics" graph may cause substantial issues in the future.

For example, here is a circumstance that is both expected to occur and will cause contradictions:

A number of tanker launches, in the high teens, send a total of 1500 tons of Methane and Oxygen to a waiting depot. A HLS is docked to the depot, and the fuel is transferred. The HLS then reignites its engines, and travels to the moon.

In this scenario, HLS qualifies for both "Earth Orbit" (this should be divided) and "Lunar".

How will we list this flight in the graph? LEO? TLI? Something else entirely? Redacted II (talk) 16:25, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

I've always thought that particular graph is a bit dumb. Almost all of them will be earth orbit flights. I hadn't even considered the problem you mentioned. I'm in favor of removing the thing entirely. Narnianknight (talk) 22:42, 11 September 2024 (UTC)

It doesn't exist on the Falcon 9 article, so removing it is probably a good idea. Redacted II (talk) 00:01, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Removed. Narnianknight (talk) 00:08, 12 September 2024 (UTC)

Recent Edits

@Narnianknight, why did you remove Flights 7 and 8? Their existence is sourced, as is the vehicle assignment.

Additionally, the payload section does not list the mission name, except when there is a large number of payloads. See List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launches. Flight FH 6 (May 1, 2023) is a good demo of this: it lists ViaSat-3, "Aurora 4A (Arcturus), and "GS-1" as payloads. Not "ViaSat-3" or "Falcon Heavy Flight 6". Redacted II (talk) 04:38, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

The Ringwatchers article does not mention Flight 7. As has been said before, youtube is not a good source. If there is no other source for something, there's a good chance it should not be mentioned. Besides, I could not find in the NSF video the mention of S33, B14, Block 2, or Flight 7.

As it has also been said, twitter references should be minimized. The mention of Flight 8 is simply an assumption on the part of Chris Bergin and Starship Gazer. This is only reasoning, not a launch announcement.

This is not a list of vehicles; it is a list of launches. Your sources are talking about vehicles, not launches. The payload or mission name is the primary point of information; all else is secondary. For something to be included here, the original source of the information has to come from an insider such as a launch provider or payload customer (whether or not there is an information "middle man," e.g. journalist, leaker). Anything else is speculation. We have yet no official indication that there will ever be such a thing as "Flight 7" and "Flight 8." Also, if we keep adding flights based on the vehicles that exist (which just doesn't even make sense in the first place, especially since they scrap ships sometimes), eventually one will overlap with an actual announced mission.

The "mission name" is almost always just the payload, but it doesn't have to be. Of course if there are multiple primary payloads we list all of them. You seem to claim the "mission name" would be "Falcon Heavy Flight 6," but you just made that up. The difference is that "Starship Flight Test 4" is the closest thing we have. Not a single entry in the Falcon list has a the payload entry blank. On the contrary, there are payloads listed such as "SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1" and "SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2." Clearly, the point is to describe what the mission is doing, not the physical object in the fairing (it just happens to almost always be that). Having the payload entry blank is just confusing. Look at List of Space Launch System launches. The mission names are listed there, whether there is a co-manifested payload or not. Narnianknight (talk) 12:42, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

"The Ringwatchers article does not mention Flight 7. As has been said before, youtube is not a good source. If there is no other source for something, there's a good chance it should not be mentioned. Besides, I could not find in the NSF video the mention of S33, B14, Block 2, or Flight 7."

Read the FAQ. NSF is a WP:RS.

"This is not a list of vehicles; it is a list of launches. Your sources are talking about vehicles, not launches. The payload or mission name is the primary point of information; all else is secondary. For something to be included here, the original source of the information has to come from an insider such as a launch provider or payload customer (whether or not there is an information "middle man," e.g. journalist, leaker). Anything else is speculation. We have yet no official indication that there will ever be such a thing as "Flight 7" and "Flight 8." Also, if we keep adding flights based on the vehicles that exist (which just doesn't even make sense in the first place, especially since they scrap ships sometimes), eventually one will overlap with an actual announced mission."

The sources list "Flight 7" and "Flight 8". The existence of said flights are mentioned in these sources. (Also, the source for S33 was originally in support of the V1.5 config. I'll go find a different source)

"The "mission name" is almost always just the payload, but it doesn't have to be. Of course if there are multiple primary payloads we list all of them. You seem to claim the "mission name" would be "Falcon Heavy Flight 6," but you just made that up. The difference is that "Starship Flight Test 4" is the closest thing we have. Not a single entry in the Falcon list has a the payload entry blank. On the contrary, there are payloads listed such as "SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 1" and "SpaceX COTS Demo Flight 2.""

Because those are the payloads. Look at List of Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy Launches. Every flight has had a payload. So there isn't a reason to list "N/a" Redacted II (talk) 13:02, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Flight 7: The only mentions the article gives to Flight 7 are "which hints that the first Block 2 Starship will fly on the seventh flight" and a tweet from Alex saying things like "likely refers to Ship 30 and Ship 31" and "perhaps the confirmation that Ship 32 may not fly and that Flight 7 will feature the next version of the ship." "Hints," "likely," "perhaps," and "may" are not words of official announcements; they are words of speculation (not unreasonable speculation, but speculation none the less). This list is not supposed to include speculative entries.

Flight 8: Your second rebuttal addresses nothing in my second paragraph.

Since every Falcon flight had a payload, it gives no precedence either way in the case of a launch with an empty payload bay. The payload column is the "defining" data point of each launch. It's the most important part of each entry, and if left blank, it's not immediately obvious what the launch was for. You said, "the payload section does not list the mission name, except when there is a large number of payloads." In other words, when we can't use the name of the physical payload, we use the mission name. It makes the most sense to put in the payload section the payload(s) name(s) or mission name, whichever suits, and if there is none, describe the launch as best as possible, e.g. "Crew Dragon In-Flight Abort Test" or "Starlink: Launch 28 (60 satellites)." Narnianknight (talk) 18:31, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

The point is, sources primarily talking about vehicles linking them to flights are useless if the flight is not actually confirmed. I suppose this exhibit could maybe be considered a valid source for flights 6 and 7 (in which case your other refs would be fine). There's still no source for Flight 8 though. Narnianknight (talk) 18:42, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

"Flight 8: Your second rebuttal addresses nothing in my second paragraph."

My apologies there, I hit publish early by accident, started correcting with source, and had to get to classes.

Twitter sources are minimized (and trust me, I hate using twitter). But if that's the source available (coming from a WP:RS), then its still a WP:RS. You also claim that the Flight 8 status for S34 is "is simply an assumption". Its a claim made by a WP:RS. That means its a reliable enough source to say "S34 is currently expected to be used on Starship Flight 8".

"Since every Falcon flight had a payload, it gives no precedence either way in the case of a launch with an empty payload bay."

Your claiming that the payload section lists the name of the mission, which the launch of Viasat 1 disproves.

"The payload column is the "defining" data point of each launch. It's the most important part of each entry, and if left blank, it's not immediately obvious what the launch was for."

That's what the text under each launch is for: to explain the reason behind the launch, and any additional information (such as cause of failure).

"You said, "the payload section does not list the mission name, except when there is a large number of payloads." In other words, when we can't use the name of the physical payload, we use the mission name."

There is precedent to leave it blank. Literally blank. See List of Atlas launches (1957–1959).

"The point is, sources primarily talking about vehicles linking them to flights are useless if the flight is not actually confirmed"

How are they useless. They list the vehicle, (S34, in this case), and the flight (Flight 8). That's a source listing the vehicle that will fly a certain flight. Thus, the flight can be listed.

"There's still no source for Flight 8"

NASASpaceflight is considered a WP:RS (again, read the FAQ. Its the very first section). So S34 is sourced. I'll try to find one for B15. Redacted II (talk) 20:16, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

Understandable.

By the FAQ (sorry, previously didn't realize what that was), Starship Gazer wouldn't seem to be a notable source. Also, Chris Bergin tweeting is absolutely not the same as a NASASpaceflight.com article (the FAQ specifically mentions the website). Even if it was in an article, it's still speculation based on nothing but the vehicles. Outsider speculation is speculation no matter the notability.

I didn't claim the payload section lists the name of the mission. I said that the mission name is used if the payload name can't be.

The list is much easier to parse if there's something in the payload section. The description is just there to supplement it. What is actually wrong with having it there?

That's irrelevant:

1. Those flights didn't have widely accepted names like these do
2. The Function and Orbit columns explains why they didn't (they were all suborbital ICBM tests, not exactly a one to one comparison)
3. This list has greater public interest (by orders of magnitude) and should thus meet a higher standard of readability (the Starship list is the one less readable with a black blank payload section, not the Atlas list)

Like I said above, they do not meet the standard to list a flight. If there were an official source like the fcc.gov exhibit (by the way, do you think we should ref that for flights 6 & 7 or not?) that confirms the flight, the tweets would arguably be good enough sources for which vehicles fly on said flight, but not for the flight itself.

Again, speculation is speculation, no matter the likelihood of the outcome. Narnianknight (talk) 21:24, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

"By the FAQ (sorry, previously didn't realize what that was), Starship Gazer wouldn't seem to be a notable source"

It provides redundant sourcing. On their own, Starship Gazer does not count as WP:RS. But it seems wrong to not include a source that can easily be listed/

"Also, Chris Bergin tweeting is absolutely not the same as a NASASpaceflight.com"

Go check the NASASpaceflight website. There is a section called "Tweets by NASASpaceflight"/"Posts from @NASASpaceflight" (If this is an actual account, sorry for @ ing you). Guess which account that links too? So, those tweets are endorsed by NSF.

And the FAQ is mainly regarding videos. So NASASpaceflight is in reference to NASASpaceflight.com, their youtube videos, and likely their tweets as well.

"The Function and Orbit columns explains why they didn't (they were all suborbital ICBM tests, not exactly a one to one comparison)"

Both are launches of a (somewhat) orbital-grade vehicle.

"This list has greater public interest (by orders of magnitude) and should thus meet a higher standard of readability (the Starship list is the one less readable with black payload section, not the Atlas list)"

I'm confused: the N/a template is a light grey. Are you using Dark mode?"

by the way, do you think we should ref that for flights 6 & 7 or not?"

100% yes.

"the tweets would arguably be good enough sources for which vehicles fly on said flight, but not for the flight itself"

They do list a flight (and I do want to mention, Elon is not a reliable source. At all). The don't say "we believe that vehicle X will fly on flight Y" They say "Vehicle X will fly on Flight Y". That is a definitive statement. Redacted II (talk) 23:32, 25 September 2024 (UTC)

I've added the ref for Flights 6 & 7.

"Black" was a typo.

I'm not sure how those tweets can be considered anything other than speculation. The editors' note (originally from the Falcon list) explicitly says "Only officially announced missions should be listed, no rumors or speculation." How are these sources official in any capacity? I have not found anything on the internet suggesting NSF or SSG have an official source for Flight 8. I want to make sure you know by "speculation," I do not mean WP:OR; I mean speculative sources. Narnianknight (talk) 03:54, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

"I've added the ref for Flights 6 & 7."

Thanks. I tried earlier, but gave up when the autoref generator failed.

"explicitly says "Only officially announced missions should be listed, no rumors or speculation."

Then this should be modified. Flight 8 has reliable sources, so it can be listed.

"I want to make sure you know by "speculation," I do not mean WP:OR; I mean speculative sources."

I know the difference. Redacted II (talk) 12:49, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

In a few months, there will undoubtedly be official information about Flight 8. We can simply wait for an official source. Removing the requirement to not allow speculative sources opens a huge can of worms. Judging from the sheer number of sections in the Falcon list talk page, I think they knew what they were doing when they added that requirement. Adding speculative sources does not fit the spirit of WP policy.

I've posted a request at WP:3O. We're not getting anywhere. Narnianknight (talk) 15:11, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

I could try to notify Project Spaceflight and Project Rocketry Redacted II (talk) 15:34, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Agreed. Narnianknight (talk) 15:45, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Done.

I mostly used your WP:3O message, but clarified that the second dispute is regarding flights with no payload. Redacted II (talk) 16:28, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Third Party Opinion- I don't think we're in the business of predicting the future, so the section title "Future launches" should be replaced by "Planned launches." Assuming that, we don't have access to information on the current plans SpaceX has, and we know SpaceX plans change over time. What we have are reports of plans, and we know the reliability of those reports. I suggest replacing the table with prose, fully indicating the dates and sources of the information about planned launches. (— 𝐬𝐝𝐒𝐝𝐬 — - talk) 18:19, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Partial agree:

Planned launches is better wording, but IMO, a table is much better for this task than a paragraph. Redacted II (talk) 18:31, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Tables for planned launches labeled "Future launches" is standard across many "List of {rocket} launches" lists. Your opinion does not address either controversy. Narnianknight (talk) 18:34, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Prose allows for content like, "Spaceflight journalist Marcia Berger speculated that Starship Flight 8 might take place in 2025." That's difficult to squeeze into a table entry. (— 𝐬𝐝𝐒𝐝𝐬 — - talk) 23:47, 26 September 2024 (UTC)

Not really: just write "NET 2025", with "Spaceflight journalist Marcia Berger" as the source. Redacted II (talk) 01:10, 27 September 2024 (UTC)

BTW, how can a "flight test" be the "Payload", as it is in the tables?

If there is no load (and not payed for anyway), then put in nothing. 47.69.102.202 (talk) 13:59, 2 October 2024 (UTC)