Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!styx!ames!oliveb!sun!lyang From: lyang@sun.uucp (Larry Yang) Newsgroups: sci.space.shuttle Subject: Shuttle Manifest: Here it is!! Message-ID: <9518@sun.uucp> Date: Fri, 21-Nov-86 04:36:51 EST Article-I.D.: sun.9518 Posted: Fri Nov 21 04:36:51 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Nov-86 20:09:52 EST Distribution: net Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 141 Here is the shuttle manifest that you've all be waiting for. As someone suggested, thus is just a first cut at the schedule; we have to wait a few more rounds as the more influential payloads jostle for better positions. Payload Acronym List: -------------------- ASTRO: Ultraviolet Astronomy Telescope ATLAS: Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science COFS: Control of Flexible Structures EOS: Electrophoresis Operations in Space GPS: Global Positioning System IML: International Microgravity Laboratory MSL: Materials Science Laboratory SHARE: Space Station Heatpipe Advanced Radiator Experiment SLS: Space Life Sciences Laboratory SSBUV: Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultra-Violet Instrument TSS: Tethered Satellite System DOD: Department of Defense classified payload: Note the information on these payloads is unavailable. Space Shuttle Operations Through Flight 53: ------------------------------------------ Flight Date/ Inclination/ Crew/ Payload Carrier Orbiter Altitude Duration ------ ------- ------------ -------- ------- ------- 26 2/18/88 28.5 5 TDRS-C IUS Discovery 160 4 27 5/26/88 0.0 0 DOD Atlantis 0 0 28 7/28/88 0.0 0 DOD Columbia 0 0 29 9/22/88 28.5 5 TDRS-D IUS Discovery 160 4 30 11/17/88 28.5 5 Space Telescope Atlantis 320 7 31 1/19/89 28.5 7 ASTRO-1 IG+2P Columbia 190 7 32 3/2/89 0.0 0 DOD Discovery 0 0 33 4/25/89 28.5 5 Magellan IUS Atlantis 110 4 34 6/2/89 0.0 0 DOD LM Discovery 0 0 Spacelab 35 6/21/89 28.5 5 GPS-1 PAM-D2 Columbia 160 7 GPS-2 PAM-D2 MSL-3 MPESS 36 7/20/89 0.0 0 DOD Atlantis 0 0 37 9/1/89 0.0 0 DOD Discovery 0 0 38 9/21/89 28.5 5 GPS-3 PAM-D2 Columbia 160 5 GPS-4 PAM-D2 MSL-4 MPESS 39 11/1/89 28.5 5 Planetary Opportunity Atlantis 110 4 40 12/7/89 57.0 7 SLS-1 LM Discovery 160 7 41 1/18/90 28.5 5 Gamma Ray Observatory Columbia 200 4 42 2/15/90 0.0 0 DOD Atlantis 0 0 43 4/20/90 28.5 7 IML-1 LM Discovery 160 7 44 5/4/90 28.5 5 GPS-5 PAM-D2 Columbia 160 7 Pathfinder EOS-1 SHARE 45 5/31/90 0.0 0 DOD Atlantis 0 0 46 7/12/90 0.0 0 DOD Discovery 0 0 47 7/26/90 28.5 5 GPS-6 PAM-D2 Columbia 160 7 SKYNET-4 PAM-D2 MSL-5 MPESS 48 8/31/90 0.0 0 DOD Atlantis 0 0 49 10/5/90 28.5 5 Planetary Opportunity Discovery 110 4 50 10/25/90 28.5 5 GPS-7 PAM-D2 Columbia 160 7 INSAT-1D PAM-D2 TSS-1 51 11/15/90 28.5 5 LDEF Retrieval Atlantis 200 7 SYNCOM IV-5 52 1/17/92 57.0 7 ATLAS-1 IG+2P Discovery 160 7 COFS-1 Pallet 53 2/14/91 28.5 5 GPS-8 PAM-D2 Columbia 160 7 GPS-9 PAM-D2 MSL-6 MPESS SSBUV-1 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Disclaimer: The above information is not guaranteed to be free from errors or any other inaccuracies due to my sources, so don't plan your vacation time around the shuttle schedule. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ -- ============================================================================== /-\ /\ | -- Larry Yang __|_/ | | Sun Microsystems, Inc. | | | /--\ /\/-\/--\ Mountain View, CA 94043 /-|\ \ / | | || || | lyang@sun.COM \_/ \ \__/| /--/\/| \/--| / {ihnp4|hplabs|seismo}!sun!lyang __|/ __|/ / / / / (a REAL signature) \_/ \_/ ==============================================================================