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Welcome to the '''Unmanned spaceflight task force'''. Several Wikipedians have formed this collaboration resource and group dedicated to improving Wikipedia's coverage of unmanned spaceflight and the organisation of information and articles on this topic. This page and its subpages contain their suggestions and various resources; it is hoped that this task force will help to focus the efforts of other Wikipedians interested in the topic. If you would like to help, please [[#Members list|join]] the project, inquire on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spaceflight/Unmanned spaceflight task force|talk page]] and see the [[#Open tasks|to-do list]] below.

==Goals==
The goals of this task force are to:
* Standardise and better organise content related to unmanned spaceflight
* Expand and improve the articles within its scope
* Create articles related to relevant topics that do not already exist

==Scope==
*All articles relating to unmanned spaceflight are within the scope of this task force.
*Articles relating to manned spaceflight are not within this project's scope, and are instead covered by the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Human spaceflight task force|Human spaceflight task force]]

==Guidelines==
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*Most articles should contain sections describing the spacecraft, its launch, its mission or operations, and its outcome.
*Both SI and imperial units should be used, however SI units should always be given first.
*All times should be in UTC, with local times in parentheses for ground events. UTC times should use the 24-hour clock, whilst local times should use either 12 or 24 hour clock depending on which is used in the applicable country)
*Mission durations should be written in clear units (e.g. "1 day, 1 hour, 8 minutes", not "1 day 01:08" or "25:08")
*Navboxes should be used to navigate between spacecraft related by series, bus, or other similarities.

==Members==
:Please add your name [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Unmanned spaceflight task force/Members|to the list here]].  Also, don't forget to [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:WikiProject_Spaceflight/Members&action=edit add your name] to the WikiProject Spaceflight member list.
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==Review and assessment==

*All articles that are within the scope of this task force should be tagged with the {{tl|WikiProject Spaceflight}} banner.  This allows all related task forces to use the same banner. The "unmanned" parameter of this template should be set to "yes" to show that this task force is interested in the article (e.g. <nowiki>{{</nowiki>WikiProject Spaceflight|class= |importance= |unmanned=yes|unmanned-importance= }} ).  See template for detailed instructions.

{{WikiProject Spaceflight
|class=FA
|importance=Top
|unmanned=yes
|unmanned-importance=Top
|category=no
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*The quality ("class") of the article uses the main [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Assessment|WikiProject Spaceflight assessment criteria]]. The importance of the article to this task force should be set using the "unmanned-importance" parameter of the template.  Importance grades are:

{{Importance scheme
|topic          = unmanned spaceflight
|Top_example    = [[Communications satellite]]
|High_example   = [[Exploration of Mars]]
|Mid_example    = [[GPS IIR-1]]
|Low_example    = [[Neptune Orbiter]]
|NA_example     = [[Template:GOES]]
|NA             = yes
|Unknown        = yes
}}
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*Progress so far,

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==Related pages==
* List of {{subpages}}.

==Templates==
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==Resources==
===Related WikiProjects===
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This task force is a child of [[WP:WikiProject Spaceflight|WikiProject Spaceflight]] as are the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Spaceflight/Human spaceflight task force|Human spaceflight task force]] and the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Spaceflight/Timeline of spaceflight working group|Timeline of spaceflight working group]].

===Websites===
* [http://www.astronautix.com Encyclopedia Astronautica]
* [http://space.skyrocket.de/ Gunter's Space Page]
* [http://planet4589.org/space/ Jonathan's Space Page]
* [http://www.ucsusa.org/global_security/space_weapons/satellite_database.html UCS Satellite Database]

===Suggested books===
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*{{cite book|last=Hill|first=C. N.|title=A Vertical Empire: The History of the UK Rocket and Space Programme, 1950-1971|publisher=Imperial College Press|location=London|date=2001|edition=2006|isbn=1-86094-268-7}}
*{{cite book|last=Harland|first=David M|author2=Lorenz, Ralph D.|title=Space Systems Failures|publisher=Springer-Praxis|location=Chichester|date=2005|edition=2006|isbn=0-387-21519-0}}
*{{cite book|last=Powell|first=Joel W.|author2=LeBrun, Art|title=Go For Launch: An Illustrated History of Cape Canaveral|publisher=Apogee Books|location=Canada|date=2006|isbn=1-894959-43-4}}
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