Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!julius.cs.uiuc.edu!ux1.cso.uiuc.edu!news.cs.indiana.edu!news.nd.edu!dante!steven From: steven@dante.helios.nd.edu Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Unofficial Space Shuttle Launch Manifest (26 Nov. 1990) Message-ID: <1990Nov26.144827.7278@news.nd.edu> Date: 26 Nov 90 14:48:27 GMT Sender: news@news.nd.edu (USENET News System) Organization: University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame Lines: 65 This Unofficial Space Shuttle Manifest is a combination of various manifests. Eddie Goletz (netcom!goletz@apple.com) provided me the dates for the first seven flights to Oct. 91. This information is from a NASA document dated 16 Nov. 1990 (this document is not for public distribution, but shuttle launch information can be taken off them). This manifest lists 30 Nov. 90 as the date for STS-35. I have change this date to 10 Dec. 90 based on information from Aviation Week and Space Technology (I think!). The dates from STS-42 to STS-50 are from the manifest that Ken Hollis (gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com) recently posted from an older manifest (dated 25 Oct. 90). I have changed the date of STS-42 from 30 Sep. 91 to 25 Nov. 91 to reflect the later launch date of STS-48. AW&ST reports though that there may be only six flights next year, so STS-42 may be delayed to 1992. The rest of the manifest is pure speculation on my part and is based on the old Jan. 1990 manifest. I would like to thank Joseph Fedock (techpubs@prc.unisys.com) for telling me what STP stands for (although I now have two new acronyms which I don't know about!). STS Date Orbiter Payload ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 10 Dec. 90 Columbia ASTRO-1, BBXRT-1 (Broad Band X-Ray Telescope) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 26 Feb. 91 Discovery CIRRIS (AFP-675), IBSS, STP-1, MPEC 37 8 Apr. 91 Atlantis GRO (Gamma Ray Observatory) 40 6 May 91 Columbia SLS-1 (Spacelab Life Sciences), GAS Bridge 43 24 Jun. 91 Discovery TDRS-E (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) 44 2 Aug. 91 Atlantis DSP (Defence Support Program) 48 17 Oct. 91 Discovery UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) 42 25 Nov. 91 Atlantis IML-1 (International Microgravity Laboratory) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 9 Jan. 92 Discovery TSS-1 (Tethered Satellite System), EURECA-1L 47 15 Feb. 92 Atlantis SL-J (Spacelab Japan) 49 9 Mar. 92 Endeavour Geostar-1, USMP-1, Intelsat VI recovery 50 30 Mar. 92 Columbia USML-1 (United States Microgravity Laboratory), EDO 51 28 May 92 Atlantis Starlab (DoD Spacelab) 45 18 Jun. 92 Endeavour ATLAS-1 52 16 Jul. 92 Columbia SL-D2 (Spacelab Germany) 53 6 Aug. 92 Discovery ACTS (Advanced Communications Technology Satellite) 54 3 Sep. 92 Atlantis LAGEOS II (Laser Geodynamics Satellite), EURECA-1R 55 30 Sep. 92 Endeavour Spacehab-1, SPAS-ORFEUS, Geostar-2 56 29 Oct. 92 Columbia SLS-2 (Space Life Sciences) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 28 Jan. 93 Discovery SRL-1 (Space Radar Laboratory) 58 25 Feb. 93 Endeavour TDRS-F (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) 59 18 Mar. 93 Columbia IML-2 (International Microgravity Laboratory) 60 15 Apr. 93 Discovery ATLAS-2 61 6 May 93 Atlantis Spacehab-2, Geostar-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASTRO Ultraviolet Astronomy ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science CIRRIS Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle EDO ?? EURECA European Retrievable Carrier GAS Get Away Special Geostar Interactive Radiodetermination Satellite IBSS Infrared Background Signature Survey MPEC ?? ORFEUS Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer SPAS Shuttle Pallet Satellite STP Space Test Program -- Steven Pietrobon, steven@ndsun.ee.nd.edu Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA