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[sections are available from the Dec. 90 manifest document. - dave]
RELEASE: 91-132 (8/20/91)
NASA today issued its semi-annual Payload Flight Assignments - NASA Mixed
Fleet Manifest, providing the latest schedules for payloads to fly on the
Space Shuttle and on expendable launch vehicles (ELVs). The last manifest
was published in February 1991 and modified in March.
The sequence for near term Shuttle flights is identical to the March
update, with some minor adjustments to schedule. The Shuttle schedule for
the remainder of 1991 has the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite mission
(STS-49) being accelerated to September 1991 and the Defense Support
Program (STS-44) planned in December.
In 1992, 8 Shuttle missions are planned. International Microgravity
Laboratory-1 (STS-42) will lead off the year, followed by Atlas-1 (STS-45),
the Intelsat Reboost mission (STS-49), U.S. Microgravity Laboratory-1 (STS-
50), Tether Satellite System/European Retrievable Carrier-1 (STS-46),
Spacelab J (STS-47), Laser Geodynamics Satellite II/U.S. Microgravity
Payload/CANEX-2 (STS-52), and a DOD mission (STS-53).
Highlights in 1992 will include the first flight of the Shuttle Endeavour
on STS-49 and the return of orbiter Columbia to flight status on STS-50
which is planned to be the first 13-day extended duration mission of the
Shuttle program. Several missions in 1992 will feature international
collaboration and flights of foreign payload specialists including a
European and a Canadian on STS-42, an Italian on STS-46, a Japanese on
STS-47 and a Canadian on STS-52.
Astro-2 has been added to the manifest in September 1994. This August
manifest projects out through Fiscal Year 1997, which ends September 1997.
Among the missions planned in that time frame are Shuttle assembly and
utilization flights to complete the man tended configuration of the Freedom
space station and to begin using the facility, a second visit to the Hubble
Space Telescope, Atlas-5, Spacelab E-2 and Spacehab-8/U.S. Microgravity
Payload-8.
Two ELV launches remain in 1991-- the NOAA-I weather satellite on an Atlas
E rocket and the Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer on a Delta II vehicle. Five
ELV launches are planned in 1992, including the joint U.S.-Japan Geotail
mission in July and the Mars Observer in September. The Expendable Launch
Vehicle manifest has been modified by the delay of the GOES I/J missions
to December 1992 and August 1993, respectively. The ELV manifest now
includes flights through September 1997 (FY 1997).
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| From: [email protected] (Peter E. Yee)
Subject: NASA releases updated mixed fleet manifest (Forwarded)
Date: 31 Jan 92 20:16:33 GMT
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Jim Cast
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. January 29, 1992
(Phone: 202/453-8536) 2:30 p.m., EST
RELEASE: 92-15
NASA RELEASES UPDATED MIXED FLEET MANIFEST
NASA today released its regular update of the Mixed Fleet Manifest
which includes projected Space Shuttle and expendable launch vehicle
schedules extending to FY 1998. This update reflects all current budgetary
constraints.
The near-term Shuttle flight schedule has changed very little since
March 1991. Since the August 1991 manifest, several flights have been
accelerated to earlier dates (STS-42, -45 and -52). These schedule
accelerations were supported by the success of the continuous improvement
activities which resulted in significant mission preparation efficiencies.
Since August, the only change to the flight sequence through FY 1993 is the
deletion of the flight opportunity scheduled in August 1993.
While the flight rate has been reduced to eight per year through FY
1996 and nine flights per year thereafter, resulting in the loss of seven
flights through 1997, these reductions have been accommodated without
significantly impacting customer commitments. This primarily has been
accomplished by deleting three flight opportunities and a number of payload
opportunities, termination of the Aeroassist Flight Experiment and the
Flight Telerobotics Experiment, and transfer of the X-ray Timing Explorer
to a Delta II expendable launch vehicle.
TDRS-G has been moved back onto the Shuttle in 1995. Space Station
Freedom flights remain basically unchanged although three additional
Shuttle flights may be required in the absence of the Advance Solid Rocket
Motor to support Freedom's permanently manned capability by late 2000.
Shuttle missions scheduled for the upcoming calendar year include
the April flight of Atlantis carrying the Atmospheric Laboratory for
Applications and Science; the first flight of Endeavour in May to retrieve and
reboost the Intelsat-VI communications satellite and to accomplish EVA
experiments relating to Space Station Freedom assembly; the refurbished
Columbia flight in June to conduct a 13-day Extended-Duration-Orbiter
flight carrying the U.S. Microgravity Laboratory; an August Atlantis Tethered
Satellite mission; September missions with Shuttles Columbia and
Endeavour carrying LAGEOS II and Spacelab-J payloads; and the last
scheduled, dedicated DoD Shuttle mission aboard the refurbished Discovery
in December.
Expendable Launch Vehicle highlights include cancellation of the
Comet-Rendezvous-Asteroid-Flyby mission; TDRS-G, considered for launch
in April, 1995, but retained for launch aboard the Space Shuttle in the 3rd
quarter of FY 1995; the Earth-Observing System spacecraft designs have
been changed to be launched on a series of intermediate and smaller
performance ELVs.
In addition, Atlas-I launch dates for Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellites I, J and K have been changed to December 1993,
1994 and 1998, respectively, due to spacecraft reprogramming.
Two new Space Exploration Initiative precursor missions have been
added to today's manifest -- the Lunar Resources Mapper and a Lunar
Geodetic Scout are scheduled for launch aboard Delta II launch vehicles in
April 1995 and March 1996, respectively.
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| Article: 55013
From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Space Shuttle Launch Record (1981 to 1992)
Date: 14 Jan 93 10:03:39 +1030
Organization: University of South Australia
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (1981 to 1986)
STS Date Orbiter Payload
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1 12 Apr 81 Col-01 DFI (Detailed Flight Instrumentation)
2 12 Nov 81 Col-02 DFI, OSTA-1, IECM
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3 22 Mar 82 Col-03 DFI, OSS-1 (Office of Space Science), IECM, GAS TEST
4 27 Jun 82 Col-04 DFI, DOD 82-1 (Department of Defence), IECM, GAS(1)
5 11 Nov 82 Col-05 SBS-C (Satellite Business Systems), TELESAT-E, GAS(1)
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6 4 Apr 83 Cha-01 TDRS-A (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite), GAS(3)
7 18 Jun 83 Cha-02 SPAS-01, OSTA-2, TELESAT-F, PALAPA-B1, GAS(7)
8 30 Aug 83 Cha-03 PDRS/PFTA, OIM, INSAT 1-B (Indian Satellite), GAS(4)
9 28 Nov 83 Col-06 SPACELAB 1
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41B 3 Feb 84 Cha-04 SPAS-01A, PALAPA B-2, WESTAR-6, C-360b, GAS(5), IRT
41C 6 Apr 84 Cha-05 LDEF-1, SMM repair (Solar Maximum Mission), C-360b
41D 30 Aug 84 Dis-01 OAST-1, SBS-D, TELSTAR 3-C, SYNCOM IV-2
41G 5 Oct 84 Cha-06 OSTA-3, ERBS, LFC/ORS (Orbiter Refueling System), GAS(8)
51A 8 Nov 84 Dis-02 HS-376 retrieval(2), TELESAT-H, SYNCOM IV-1
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51C 24 Jan 85 Dis-03 Magnum (electronic intelligence reconnaissance)
51D 12 Apr 85 Dis-04 TELESAT-I, SYNCOM IV-3, GAS(2)
51B 29 Apr 85 Cha-07 SPACELAB 3, GAS(2)
51G 17 Jun 85 Dis-05 SPTN-1, MORELOS-A, ARABSAT-1B, TELSTAR 3-D, GAS(6)
51F 29 Jul 85 Cha-08 SPACELAB 2
51I 27 Aug 85 Dis-06 AUSSAT-1, ASC-1, SYNCOM IV-4, SYNCOM salvage
51J 3 Oct 85 Atl-01 DSCS III-2/3 (Defence Satellite Communication System)
61A 30 Oct 85 Cha-09 SPACELAB D-1 (German Spacelab), GLOMR
61B 26 Nov 85 Atl-02 EASE/ACCESS, MORELOS-B, SATCOM KU-2, AUSSAT-2, GAS(1)
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61C 12 Jan 86 Col-07 MSL-2, SATCOM KU-1, GAS BRIDGE, HH-G1, GAS(13)
51L* 28 Jan 86 Cha-10 SPTN-HALLEY, TDRS-B (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)
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* Launch failure
ACCESS Assembly Concept for Construction of Erectable Space Structures
ARABSAT Arab Satellite Communications Organisation Satellite
ASC American Satellite Company
AUSSAT Australian Communication Satellite
C-360b Cinema 360
EASE Experimental Assembly of Structures in EVA
ERBS Earth Radiation Budget Satellite
GAS Get Away Special
GLOMR Global Low Orbit Message Relay
HH-G1 Hitch Hiker Goddard
IECM Induced Enviroment Contamination Monitor
IRT Integrated Rendevous Radar Target
LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility
LFC Large Format Camera
MORELOS Mexican Communication Satellite
MSL Materials Science Laboratory
OIM Oxygen Interaction with Materials
OAST Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology
OSTA Office of Space and Terrestial Applications
PALAPA Indonesion Communication Satellite
PDRS Payload Deployment and Retrieval System
PFTA Payload Flight Test Article
SATCOM RCA Communications Satellite
SBS Satellite Business Systems
SPAS Shuttle Pallet Satellite
SPTN Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy
SYNCOM Hughes Communications Satellite
TELESAT Canadian Telecommunication Satellite
TELSTAR AT&T Communications Satellite
WESTAR Western Union Telegraph Communication Satellite
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (1988 to 1991)
STS Date Orbiter Payload
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26 29 Sep 88 Dis-07 TDRS-C (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite)
27 2 Dec 88 Atl-03 Lacrosse (radar reconnaissance)
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29 13 Mar 89 Dis-08 TDRS-D, SHARE, IMAX-01
30 4 May 89 Atl-04 Magellan
28 8 Aug 89 Col-08 KH-12 (photo reconnaissance)
34 18 Oct 89 Atl-05 Galileo, SSBUV-01, IMAX-02
33 22 Nov 89 Dis-09 Magnum (electronic intelligence reconnaissance)
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32 9 Jan 90 Col-09 SYNCOM IV-5, LDEF retrieval, IMAX-03
36 28 Feb 90 Atl-06 KH-12 (photo reconnaissance)
31 24 Apr 90 Dis-10 HST (Hubble Space Telescope), APM-01, IMAX-04
41 6 Oct 90 Dis-11 Ulysses, SSBUV-02, ISAC (INTELSAT Solar Array Coupons)
38 15 Nov 90 Atl-07 Magnum (electronic intelligence reconnaissance)
35 2 Dec 90 Col-10 ASTRO-01 (ultraviolet astronomy), BBXRT-01
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37 5 Apr 91 Atl-08 GRO (Gamma Ray Observatory), CETA, APM-02
39 28 Apr 91 Dis-12 AFP-675 (CIRRIS), IBSS, STP-01, MPEC
40 5 Jun 91 Col-11 SLS-01 (Spacelab Life Sciences), GAS BRIDGE
43 2 Aug 91 Atl-09 TDRS-E, SSBUV-03, SHARE-II, OCTW-01, TPCE
48 12 Sep 91 Dis-13 UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite), APM-03
44 24 Nov 91 Atl-10 DSP-F16 (Defence Support Program), IOCM
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AFP Air Force Project
APM Ascent Particle Monitor
BBXRT Broad Band X-Ray Telescope
CETA Crew and Equipment Translation Aid
CIRRIS Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle
GAS Get Away Special
IBSS Infrared Background Signature Survey
IMAX Large format motion picture camera
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
IOCM Interim Operational Contamination Monitor
LDEF Long Duration Exposure Facility
MPEC Multi-Purpose Experiment Cannister
OCTW Optical Communication Through Shuttle Window Flight Demonstration
SHARE Space Station Heat Pipe Advanced Radiator Element
SSBUV Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra-Violet Instrument
STP Space Test Program
SYNCOM Hughes Communications Satellite
TDRS Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
TPCE Tank Pressure Control Experiment
SPACE SHUTTLE PROGRAM (1992)
STS Date Orbiter Payload
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42 22 Jan 92 Dis-14 IML-01, GAS BRIDGE, IMAX-05
45 24 Mar 92 Atl-11 ATLAS-01, SSBUV-A-01, GAS(1)
49 7 May 92 End-01 INTELSAT-VI-Reboost, ASEM
50 25 Jun 92 Col-12 USML-01 (United States Microgravity Laboratory), EDO
46 31 Jul 92 Atl-12 TSS-01, EURECA-1L, IMAX-06, EOIM-III/TEMP2A-03, GAS(3)
47 12 Sep 92 End-02 SL-J (Spacelab Japan), GAS BRIDGE
52 22 Oct 92 Col-13 LAGEOS II, USMP-01, CANEX-02, ASP, CTA
53 2 Dec 92 Dis-15 DOD-1 (Department of Defence), ODERACS, GCP
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ASEM Assembly of Station by Extravehicular Activity Methods
ASP Attitude Sensor Package
ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science
CANEX Canadian Experiments
CTA Canadian Target Assembly
EDO Extended Duration Orbiter
EOIM Evaluation of Oxygen Interaction with Materials
EURECA European Retrievable Carrier
GAS Get Away Special
GCP Shuttle Glow and Cryogenic Heat Pipe Payload
IMAX Large format motion picture camera
IML International Microgravity Laboratory
INTELSAT International Telecommunications Satellite Organisation
LAGEOS Laser Geodynamics Satellite
ODERACS Orbital Debris Radar Calibration Spheres
SSBUV Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra-Violet Instrument
TEMP Two Phase Mounting Plate Experiment
TSS Tethered Satellite System
USMP United States Microgravity Payload
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Steven S. Pietrobon, Australian Space Centre for Signal Processing
Signal Processing Research Institute, University of South Australia
The Levels, SA 5095, Australia. [email protected]
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