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Currently, "Ariane 5 Flight 501" redirects to this article. There is a category for launch failures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Satellite_launch_fail
by vilhelm_s 13y ago
Currently, "Ariane 5 Flight 501" redirects to this article. There is a category for launch failures (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Satellite_launch_failures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Satellite_launch_failu...), and looking at that I guess the Wikipedia convention is to name launch failure articles after the satellite that would have been launched.
- maaku 13y agoThat's industry tradition. It's not common to number or name launches, but rather to refer to the primary payload, e.g. “The MSL launch”. EDIT: I'm sure that the launch provider has some naming scheme referencing the rocket itself, but usage of that is almost universally confined to internal communications. Human spaceflight is perhaps the exception (STS-125, not Hubble Servicing Mission #4).