Conference 7.286::space

116.0. "Shuttle Missions 1986 Schedule" by PYRITE::WEAVER () Thu Jan 16 1986 10:47

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Subject: 1986 NASA Launch Schedule
Posted: 13 Jan 86 22:12:37 GMT
Organization: Jet Propulsion Labs, Pasadena, CA
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The following is taken from Science News, vol. 129
 
Date	Mission			Description
Jan 6	Shuttle mission
	61-C (Columbia)
	  Satcom Ku-1		Communications satellite (RCA)
	  MSL-2			Materials Science Laboratory (NASA)
	  CHAMP			Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program
Jan 23	Shuttle mission
	51-L (Challenger)
	  Spartan-Halley	molecule-searce, UV spectral monitoring
	  TDRS-B		Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (NASA)
	  CHAMP			Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program
	  TIS			Teacher-in-Space equipment
March 6	Shuttle mission
	61-E (Columbia)
	  ASTRO-1		ultraviolet astronomy telescope
	  CHAMP			Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program
March	NOAA-G			weather and search-and-rescue satellite (NOAA)
May	GOES-G			weather satellite (NOAA)
May 15	Shuttle mission
	61-F (Challenger)
	  Ulysses		solar polar flyby (European Space Agency)
May 20	Shuttle mission
	61-G (Atlantis)
	  Galileo		Jupiter orbiter-and-probe (NASA)
June 24	Shuttle mission
	61-H (Columbia)
	  Westar VI-S		communications satellite (Western Union)
	  Palapa B-3		communications satellite (Indonesia)
	  Skynet 4A		communications satellite (U.K.)
July	FLTSATCOM-F		communications satellite (USN)
July	Navy 23			navigation satellite (USN)
July	Shuttle mission
	62-A (Discovery)	DOD mission; 1st West Coast launch;
	  Teal Ruby		polar orbit
July 22	Shuttle mission
	61-M (Challenger)
	  EOS-1			Electrophoresis Operation in Space (McD.-D.)
	  TDRS-C		Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (NASA)
August	AF-21			USAF payload
Aug 18	Shuttle mission
	61-J (Atlantis)
	  Hubble Space Telescope astronomy from earth-orbit
August	DOD-1			Defense Department mission
Sept 4	Shuttle mission
	61-N (Columbia)
	  DOD mission		classified payload
Sept 27	Shuttle mission
	61-I (Challenger)
	  LDEF-1 retrieval	Long-Duration Exposure Facility retrieval
	  INSAT 1-C		communications satellite (India)
Sept 29	Shuttle mission
	62-B (Discovery)
	  DOD mission		classified payload; polar orbit
October	San Marco DL		atmosphere-studies satellite (Italy/U.S.)
October	GOES-H			weather satellite (NOAA)
Oct 27	Shuttle mission
	61-K (Atlantis)
	  Environmental
	  Obs. Mission		solar variability studies (NASA)
Nov 6	Shuttle mission
	61-L (Columbia)
	  MSL-3			Materials Science Laboratory (NASA)
	  GSTAR-III		communications satellite (GTE)
	  Syncom IV-5		communications satellite (Hughes)
November AF-17			USAF payload
November FLTSATCOM-G		communications satellite (USN)
Dec 6	Shuttle mission
	71-B (Challenger)
	  DOD mission		classified payload
 
 
Shuttle missions are designated by a three letter code (e.g. 61-C).  The first
numeral is the last digit of the fiscal year (1986); the second the launch site
(1 is Kennedy Space Center, 2 is Vandenburg). The letter is the mission's
originally scheduled position in the sequence of launches for the fiscal year.
 
Where only the month is listed, specific dates have not been established.
Listed dates are subject to change as well.

Boy! I was all set to post this as a follow up to the clipping I posted
yesterday. But you missed the follow-up, so I'll post that instead.

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Subject: Delay in Space Telescope
Posted: 13 Jan 86 23:21:21 GMT
Organization: TRW, Redondo Beach  CA
Keywords: space telescope, delay, launch
 
In article <[email protected]> [email protected] (Dani Eder) writes:
>From "Space Transportation System Space Shuttle Payload Flight Assignments"
>November 1985 edition.  STS Customer Services, Mail Code MC, NASA
>Headquarters, Washington, D.C. 20546. Telephone (202)453-2347.
>Chester M. Lee, Director.
 
>Launch		Orbiter		Crew/Days	Payload(s)
 
>18 Aug 86	Atlantis	5/5		Hubble Space Telescope
 
I have recently heard that the Space Telescope launch has been delayed
again.  I was told that the telescope was not going to be at KSC until a
month before the current launch schedule.  NASA does not feel that a month
is a long enough time to check out the telescope after its 3 month (?) ocean
voyage from California.  I was told that the launch is now set for
sometime in October.
 
The Space Telescope, like the Shuttle delays (in delivery) is what happens
when the government gets into the act and reduces the budget.  Sigh!
 
			-- Brad Brahms
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			   arpa:   Brahms@usc-eclc
 
The opinions expressed above are my own, and may not reflect those
of my employer.

Does anyone have list of what upper stages will be used by the shuttle to
transfer satellites to higher orbits or to send probes out of orbit (i.e.
which upper stages will be used on which missions, rather than a discussion
on the stages themselves).

gary

Regarding .1: According to Aviation Week 61J (the HST deploy) will switch
with another mission currently scheduled for October, which I believe is
61K.  This gives more time to check out the telescope, and it also enhances
some of the observations which are scheduled for 61K.

As an aside, I noted that 61H was to deploy Westar and Palapa satellites.
Does anyone know if these are the same satellites which failed to reach
geosynch orbit and were retrieved (making them the first 'flight-tested'
satellites ever)?