From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro,sci.space.shuttle,alt.sci.planetary
Subject: Space Calendar - 12/20/92
Date: 21 Dec 92 03:16:55 GMT
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     Here's the latest Space Calendar.  Send any updates or corrections
to the calendar to Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov).  Note that launch
dates are subject to change.

     The following people made contributions to this month's calendar:

        o Keith Gendreau - Updated Astro-D Launch Date (02/12/93)
        o Michael Hamilton - SeaWIFS Launch Date (08/93)
        o Dennis Wingo - Updated Consort 6 Launch Date (02/93)


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                               SPACE CALENDAR
                             December 20, 1992
                          =========================

* indicates change from last month's calendar

   December 1992
     22 - Ursid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 10:00 UT, Solar Longitude 258.7 deg.)
     23 - Partial Solar Eclipse, East Asia to Alaska
    *23 - Optus B-2 Long March 3 Launch
     25 - Isaac Newton's 350th birthday (or January 4)
     28 - Galileo, Dual Drive Actuator Hammer Test #1 (DDA-5)
    *29 - Biomedical Spacecraft Launch (Soviet)

   January 1993
     ?? - Eutelsat II F-5 Ariane Launch
     ?? - NASA Town Meeting - Denver, Colorado
     ?? - Galaxy 4 Ariane Launch
     03-4 Quadrantid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 10:00 UT, Solar Lon 283.13 deg.)
    *03 - Mars at Opposition (58 million miles from Earth)
    *04 - Mars Observer, High Gain Antenna (HGA) Activated
    *06 - Galileo, Dual Drive Actuator Hammer Test #2 (DDA-5)
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
    *07 - SCD-1 Pegasus Launch (Brazil)
     10 - Geotail, 4th Lunar Flyby
    *11 - Galileo, Dual Drive Actuator Hammer Test #3 (DDA-5)
    *12 - Soyuz TM-16 Launch (Soviet)
    *13 - STS-54, Endeavour, TDRS-F
    *15 - Galileo, Dual Drive Actuator Hammer Test #4 (DDA-5)
    *30 - Soyuz TM-15 Lands (Soviet)

   February 1993
     ?? - ALEXIS Pegasus Launch
    *?? - Consort 6 Starfire Launch
     01 - 35th Anniversary, Explorer 1 Launch (1st U.S. Satellite)
     08 - Mars Observer, 2nd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-2)
    *12 - Astro-D Launch (USA/Japan)
     18 - Jules Verne's 165th Birthday
     19 - Copernicus' 520th Birthday
     25 - STS-55, Columbia, Spacelab Germany (SL-D2)

   March 1993
     ?? - Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B Ariane Launch
     ?? - Galileo, 10 RPM Spinup Test
     ?? - DFH-3 Long March 2E Launch (China)
    *?? - UHF-1 Atlas Launch
    *?? - GPS/SEDS-1 Delta II Launch
     01 - Ulysses, 3rd Opposition
     18 - Mars Observer, 3rd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-3)
     23 - STS-56, Discovery, Atmospheric Lab for Applications and Science
          (ATLAS-2)
     31 - Commercial Experiment Trasporter (Comet) Launch

   April 1993
    *?? - First Test Launch of the DC-X
     06 - 20th Anniversary, Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
    *19 - Venus/Moon Occultation, Visible from North America
     22 - Lyrid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 02:00 UT, Solar Longitude 32.1 degrees)
     23 - Pi-Puppid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 33.3 degrees)
     29 - STS-57, Endeavour, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA-1R)

   May 1993
     ?? - Advanced Photovoltaic Electronics Experiment (APEX) Pegasus Launch
    *?? - Radcal Scout Launch
    *?? - Astra 1C Ariane Launch
    *?? - GPS/PMQ Delta II Launch
     04 - Galileo Enters Asteroid Belt Again
    *05 - Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower
    *21 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible from North America & North Europe
    *25 - Magellan, End of Mission?

   June 1993
     ?? - Temisat Meteor 2 Launch
    *?? - UHF-2 Atlas Launch
    *?? - NOAA-I Atlas Launch
     04 - Lunar Eclipse, Visible from North America
     14 - Sakigake, 2nd Earth Flyby (Japan)
     22 - 15th Anniversary of Charon Discovery (Pluto's Moon) by Christy

   July 1993
    *?? - MSTI-II Scout Launch
    *01 - Soyuz Launch (Soviet)
    *08 - Soyuz Launch (Soviet)
     09 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology Satellite(ACTS)
    *14 - Soyuz TM-16 Landing (Soviet)
    *21 - Soyuz TM-17 Landing (Soviet)
    *28 - S. Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower
     29 - NASA's 35th Birthday

   August 1993
     ?? - ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite) H2 Launch (Japan)
     ?? - GEOS-J Launch
     ?? - Landsat 6 Launch
    *?? - SeaWIFS Launch
    *?? - ORBCOM FDM Pegasus Launch
     08 - 15th Anniversary, Pioneer Venus Orbitor 2 Launch
     09 - Mars Observer, 4th Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-4)
     12 - Perseid Meteor Shower (Max: 04:00 UT, S.L. 139.6 deg and 15:00 UT,
                                 S.L. 140.1 deg.)
     24 - Mars Observer, Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI)
     26 - STS-58, Columbia, Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2)
     28 - Galileo, Asteroid Ida Flyby

   September 1993
     ?? - SPOT-3 Ariane Launch
     ?? - Tubsat Launch
    *?? - Seastar Pegasus Launch
    *?? - EPOT-3/ASAP-4 Ariane Launch

   October 1993
     ?? - Intelsat 7 F1 Ariane Launch
    *?? - SLV-1 Pegasus Launch
    *?? - Telstar 4 Atlas Launch
     21 - Orionid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 208.4 degrees)

   November 1993
     ?? - Solidaridad Ariane Launch
     03 - 20th Anniversary, Mariner 10 Launch (Mercury & Venus Flyby Mission)
    *03 - S. Taurid Meteor Shower
     04 - Galileo Exits Asteroid Belt
    *06 - Mercury Transits Across the Sun, Visible from Asia, Australia, and
          the South Pacific
    *13 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible from Southern Hemisphere
     16 - STS-60, Discovery, SPACEHAB-2
     28-29 - Total Lunar Eclipse, Visible from North America & South America

   December 1993
    *?? - GOES-I Atlas Launch
    *?? - NATO 4B Delta Launch
    *?? - FAST Scout Launch
    *?? - TOMS Pegasus Launch
    *?? - DirectTv 1 & Thiacom 1 Ariane Launch
    *?? - ISTP Wind Delta-2 Launch
    *?? - STEP-2 Pegasus Launch
    *01 - Mars Observer, Mapping Orbit Established
    *04 - SPEKTR-R Launch (Soviet)
    *05 - 20 Anniversary, Pioneer 10 Launch (Jupiter Flyby Mission)
    *07 - STS-61, Endeavour, Hubble Space Telescope Repair
    *08 - Mars Observer, Mars Equinox
    *13 - Geminids Meteor Shower
    *20 - Mars Observer, Solar Conjunction
    *25 - Mars Observer, Mapping Phase Begins

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