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From: sjeyasin@zaphod.axion.bt.co.uk (swaraj jeyasingh)
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Subject: Re: Shuttle Flight Calendar
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Date: 17 Jan 89 09:43:56 GMT
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From article <164@tls.UUCP>, by mbeast@tls.UUCP (Michael East):
> Hi all!
> 
> Recently a friend of mine ran across this item and I was wondering if
> anyone knows what all of the acronyms mentioned mean. The only one I
> know for sure is DOD!
> 
> 	Shuttle Flight Calendar
> 	  Payload Assignments
>     September 1988 - December 1990
> 
>     Date	Mission and Vehicle	Primary Payload
> 
> Sept 29, 1988	STS-26 Discovery	TDRS-C
> Nov  17, 1988	STS-27 Atlantis		DOD
> Feb  18, 1988	STS-29 Discovery	TDRS-D
> Apr  28, 1989	STS-30 Atlantis		Magellan
> July  1, 1989	STS-28 Columbia		DOD
> Aug  10, 1989	STS-33 Discovery	DOD
> Oct  12, 1989	STS-34 Atlantis		Galileo
> Nov  13, 1989	STS-32 Columbia		DOD/NASA: LDEF-1R and SYNCOM IV-5
> Dec  11, 1989	STS-36 Discovery	DOD
> Feb   1, 1990	STS-31 Atlantis		HST
> Mar   1, 1990	STS-35 Columbia		ASTRO-1 and BBXRT
> Apr   5, 1990	STS-37 Discovery	GRO
> May  10, 1990	STS-38 Atlantis		DOD
> June  7, 1990	STS-40 Columbia		SLS-1
> July 19, 1990	STS-39 Discovery	DOD: CIRRIS, IBSS and Teal Ruby
> Sept 10, 1990	STS-41 Columbia		DOD: Starlab
> Oct   5, 1990	STS-42 Atlantis		Ulysses
> Nov   8, 1990	STS-43 Discovery	TDRS-E
> Dec  20, 1990	STS-44 Columbia		Atlas-1
> 

I did read conflicting reports about HST being  switched with the
STS-36 mission. Can anyone confirm or deny this ?

As to acronyms, this is what I have:

HST - Hubble Space Telescope
LDEF - Long Duration Exposure Facility ( The -1R possibly refers
to the fact that it is a recovery mission ?)
GRO - Gamma Ray Observatory
BBXRT - Broad Band X_RAY Telescope
IBSS - Infrared Background Signature Survey
TDRS - Tracking and Data Relay Satellite
SLS - Spacehab Life Sciences

(Source: Dec Issue of SPACEFLIGHT magazine)

Does anyone know what CIRRIS stands for ? It must be SDI related
work since Teal Ruby is to do with detecting IR signatures of ICBMs.
Yet more acronyms ..........aaaaghh !

BTW, the aforementioned magazine list goes up to STS-75 (Sep 9, 1993)
for what its worth.

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