2016 in spaceflight (English Wikipedia)

Jeffrey Lin; P.W. Singer; John Costello (3 March 2016). "China's Quantum Satellite Could Change Cryptography Forever". Popular Science. Retrieved 12 March 2016.

ria.ru (Global: 183^rd place; English: 1,107^th place)

"Новейший "Глонасс-К" сменит вышедший из строя аппарат, рассказал источник" [Newest Glonass-K to replace failed satellite, source says]. RIA Novosti (in Russian). 26 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020.

ses.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Payer, Markus (30 August 2016). "Leading satellite operator will be world's first company to launch a geostationary satellite on a reusable rocket in Q4 2016" (Press release). SES S.A. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.

sina.com.cn (Global: 144^th place; English: 497^th place)

news.sina.com.cn

"长征七号首飞成功携带多用途飞船缩比返回舱". Sina.com (in Chinese). 25 June 2016. Retrieved 25 June 2016.

skyrocket.de (Global: 4,664^th place; English: 3,842^nd place)

space.skyrocket.de

Krebs, Gunter. "NROL launches". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
Krebs, Gunter. "XPNAV 1". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
Krebs, Gunter. "Xiaoxiang 1". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.

space.com (Global: 936^th place; English: 713^th place)

Gannon, Megan (30 September 2016). "Goodbye, Rosetta! Spacecraft Crash-Lands on Comet in Epic Mission Finale". Space.com. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
Malik, Tariq (1 September 2016). "Launchpad Explosion Destroys SpaceX Falcon 9 Rocket, Satellite in Florida". Space.com. Retrieved 1 September 2016.

spaceflight101.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"First Commercial Crew Docking Port established aboard ISS in challenging Spacewalk". Spaceflight101. 19 August 2016.
"New Orbital Data & Observations Dim Hopes for Japanese Hitomi Spacecraft". Spaceflight101. 2 April 2016. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

spaceflightinsider.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Godwin, Curt (1 September 2016). "SpaceX set to launch heaviest payload to date as Tropical Storm Hermine looms". SpaceFlight Insider. Retrieved 31 March 2017.
"Russian Ullage rocket engine explodes in space". Spaceflight Insider. 4 June 2016. Retrieved 16 June 2016.

spaceflightnow.com (Global: 2,930^th place; English: 2,204^th place)

Clark, Steven (17 May 2016). "Japanese orbiter officially begins science mission at Venus". Spaceflight Now.
Clark, Stephen (2 July 2016). "Scientists to land, and switch off, Rosetta comet probe in September". Spaceflight Now. Retrieved 5 July 2016.
Justin Ray. "Navy satellite claws its way to usable orbit after main engine failure – Spaceflight Now". Spaceflightnow.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
"NROL-61 satellite launched Thursday spotted in space by sky-watchers". Spaceflight Now. 30 July 2016.
Stephen Clark. "Intelsat satellite in service after overcoming engine trouble – Spaceflight Now". Spaceflightnow.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
Clark, Stephen (18 April 2016). "Attitude control failures led to break-up of Japanese astronomy satellite". Spaceflight Now. Pole Star Publications Ltd. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2016.

spacenews.com (Global: 1,876^th place; English: 1,225^th place)

Erwin, Sandra (6 November 2023). "LeoLabs data shows on-orbit maneuvers by Russian satellites". SpaceNews. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
Jones, Andrew (19 July 2019). "China's Tiangong-2 space lab reenters over South Pacific". SpaceNews. Retrieved 19 July 2019.
"DigitalGlobe loses WorldView-4 satellite to gyro failure". SpaceNews. 7 January 2019. Retrieved 16 September 2019.
Jeff Foust (30 December 2016). "Chinese satellites raising orbits after launch anomaly". SpaceNews.com. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
Berger, Brian (23 January 2016). "Launch. Land. Repeat: Blue Origin posts video of New Shepard's Friday flight". Space News.
Foust, Jeff (2 April 2016). "Blue Origin flies New Shepard on suborbital test flight". Space News.
Gruss, Mike (29 March 2016). "U.S. Air Force: No evidence malfunctioning Japanese satellite was hit by debris". Space News. Retrieved 5 April 2016.

techcrunch.com (Global: 187^th place; English: 146^th place)

Calandrelli, Emily; Escher, Anna (16 December 2016). "The top 15 events that happened in space in 2016". TechCrunch. Retrieved 16 December 2016.

tsukuba.ac.jp (Global: 9,792^nd place; English: low place)

yui.kz.tsukuba.ac.jp

ITF-2大気圏再突入、および運用終了のお知らせ / Re-entry of ITF-2 and the operation was ended (in Japanese). Yui Project, University of Tsukuba. 6 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.

tvrain.ru (Global: 4,190^th place; English: low place)

"Путин разрешил перенести первый запуск с "Восточного"" [Putin allowed to postpone the first launch from the "Eastern"]. Tvrain.ru (in Russian). Телеканал Дождь. 14 October 2015. Retrieved 22 June 2018.

twitter.com (Global: 23^rd place; English: 32^nd place)

"SpaceX on Twitter: "After further data review, stage landed softly but leg 3 didn't lockout. Was within 1.3 meters of droneship center"". Twitter. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
"Dianne VanBeber on Twitter: "Today at 4:00 Intelsat confirmed that Intelsat 29e is a total loss. We are still actively restoring customer services to Intelsat and third party capacity; implications not yet settled. Financial discussion in our 1Q (2019) earnings call"". Twitter. 18 April 2019. Retrieved 18 April 2019.
"NanoRacks on Twitter: "Successful #cubesat deployment early this morning at 10:25:01 GMT of two @SpireGlobal #Lemurs from the #NRCSD on @Space_Station"". Twitter. NanoRacks. 6 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
"NanoRacks on Twitter: "Another successful deployment! Two more @SpireGlobal #Lemurs deployed at 15:05:00 GMT from the NanoRacks CubeSat Deployer on #ISS"". Twitter. NanoRacks. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
"NanoRacks on Twitter: "Deployment cycle complete! @NASAAmes #TechEdSat5 deployed from @Space_Station @ 18:20:00 GMT. Thanks to all who made this mission a success!"". Twitter. NanoRacks. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 27 March 2017.

ulalaunch.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Atlas V OA-6 Anomaly Status". United Launch Alliance. 31 March 2016. Retrieved 31 March 2016.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Payer, Markus (30 August 2016). "Leading satellite operator will be world's first company to launch a geostationary satellite on a reusable rocket in Q4 2016" (Press release). SES S.A. Archived from the original on 30 August 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2016.
"Operation Plan of X-ray Astronomy Satellite ASTRO-H (Hitomi)". JAXA Press Release. JAXA. 28 April 2016. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
"Japan abandons costly X-ray satellite lost in space". Pacific Daily News. Tokyo. Associated Press. 3 May 2016. p. A9. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
Krebs, Gunter. "Xiaoxiang 1". Gunter's Space Page. Archived from the original on 1 November 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
ITF-2大気圏再突入、および運用終了のお知らせ / Re-entry of ITF-2 and the operation was ended (in Japanese). Yui Project, University of Tsukuba. 6 January 2019. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
"Cassini Solstice Mission: Saturn Tour Dates: 2016". saturn.jpl.nasa.gov. Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Archived from the original on 7 September 2015. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
Lakdawalla, Emily (21 October 2016). "Likely Schiaparelli crash site imaged by Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter". Planetary Society Articles. The Planetary Society. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
Garcia, Mark (15 January 2016). "Spacewalk Ends Early After Water Detected in Helmet | Space Station". Blogs.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 8 February 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
Garcia, Mark (3 February 2016). "Second Spacewalk of Year Complete | Space Station". Blogs.nasa.gov. Archived from the original on 19 October 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2017.
"Spacewalk Concludes After Commercial Crew Port Installation". NASA. 19 August 2016. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
"Supplemental Handout on the Operation Plan of the X-ray Astronomy Satellite ASTRO-H (Hitomi)" (PDF). JAXA Press Release. JAXA. 28 April 2016. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 16 May 2021.
Clark, Stephen (18 April 2016). "Attitude control failures led to break-up of Japanese astronomy satellite". Spaceflight Now. Pole Star Publications Ltd. Archived from the original on 16 May 2021. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
"ChubuSat Instrument Development Project / About ChubuSat-3 Satellite". Nagoya University. 13 April 2016. Archived from the original on 18 March 2016. Retrieved 13 April 2016.

x.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

@planet4589 (1 December 2021). "The Worldview-4 commercial imaging satellite reentered over New Zealand at about 0520 UTC Nov 30. It was launched in 2016 but its imager failed in early 2019" (Tweet). Retrieved 2 December 2021 – via Twitter.
@JSpOC (1 April 2016). "10 pieces from Astro-H break-up is posted on @SpaceTrackOrg. 41337 was amended to match the largest piece. The former 41337 is now 41442" (Tweet). Retrieved 13 April 2016 – via Twitter.
@JSpOC (2 June 2016). "Breakup Notification: SL-12 R/B (#33473) @ 0920-0930z on 1Jun16. 20+ associated pieces. No indication of collision. @SpaceTrackOrg" (Tweet). Retrieved 16 June 2016 – via Twitter.

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