User talk:Balon Greyjoy

• The first crewed spaceflight of 2026, SpaceX Crew-12, was launched on the 13th. Four astronauts were flown to the ISS in an atypical indirect handover that was caused by the early return of Crew-11 due to a medical emergency.
• On the 14th, the ESA lost contact with PROBA-3, a dual-probe technological demonstration mission for chronographic high-precision formation flying. Specifically, the Chronograph Spacecraft lost orientation and drifted away from the Occulter.

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February Launches
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1. Proton-M/DM-03 — Elektro–L №5, Jam-e-Jam 1 (12 Feb. at 08:52:15) (success)
2. Vulcan Centaur VC4S — GSSAP-7/-8, USA-584 (12 Feb. at 09:22:00) (success)

Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	6	30	15	8			59
FL		3	4	4			11
FM					124		124
A	1		2	1			4
GA	12	26	34	59		2	133
B	16	77	196	238		7	534
C	44	170	609	868	1	61	1,753
Start	15	134	1,026	2,713		503	4,391
Stub		5	194	1,976		297	2,472
List	11	119	111	242	1	44	528
Category					1,284		1,284
Disambig					48		48
File					274		274
Portal					55		55
Project					109		109
Redirect		2	43	141	1,248		1,434
Template					533		533
NA					2		2
Other				1	37		38
Assessed	105	566	2,234	6,251	3,716	914	13,786
Unassessed		1		9		128	138
Total	105	567	2,234	6,260	3,716	1,042	13,924

Since January 2026, there are two more mid-importance, fifteen more low-importance, three more NA-importance, and ten more unknown-importance articles, for a total of 30 new articles. There are also three more B-class, thirteen more C-class, sixteen more Start-class, and ten fewer Stub-class articles, and four more lists.

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• On 22 March, Baikonur Cosmodrome Site 31 was used for the first time since being damaged in November 2025. Progress MS-33, a resupply mission to the ISS, was launched from the site following substantial repairs.
• ESA launched the first two satellites in the Celeste constellation on 28 March. They were launched aboard a Electron launch vehicle, marking the first time ESA has used the vehicle.
• China's Qingzhou cargo spacecraft was tested for the first time on 30 March. Launched on the maiden flight of the Kinetica 2, the prototype performed a number of tests in coordination with another satellite.

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March Launches
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1. Alpha Block 1 — ICOR SV (11 Mar. at 00:50:00) (success)
2. Soyuz-2.1a — Progress MS-33 (22 Mar. at 11:59:51) (success)
3. Rocket Lab Electron — Celeste IOD-1/-2 (28 Mar. at 09:14:00) (success)
4. Kinetica 2 — New March 01/02, TS 01 (30 Mar. at 11:00:00) (success)

Spaceflight articles by quality and importance
Quality	Importance
	Top	High	Mid	Low	NA	???	Total
FA	6	30	15	8			59
FL		3	4	4			11
FM					124		124
A	1		2	1			4
GA	12	26	34	59		3	134
B	16	77	196	239		7	535
C	44	170	609	875	1	68	1,767
Start	15	134	1,026	2,724		511	4,410
Stub		5	194	1,974		298	2,471
List	11	119	111	244	1	45	531
Category					1,285		1,285
Disambig					48		48
File					274		274
Portal					55		55
Project					109		109
Redirect		2	43	142	1,250		1,437
Template					533		533
NA					2		2
Other					45		45
Assessed	105	566	2,234	6,270	3,727	932	13,834
Unassessed		1		6		121	128
Total	105	567	2,234	6,276	3,727	1,053	13,962

Since February 2026, there are 16 more Low-importance, eleven more NA-importance, and eleven more Unknown-importance articles, for a total of 38 new articles. There are also one more GA-class, one more B-class, 14 more C-class, 19 more Start-class, one fewer Stub-class articles, and three more lists.

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