From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Space Calendar
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Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 07:10:19 GMT

     Here's the latest Space Calendar.  If you know of any space-related
events that should be included in the calendar, or see anything that
is out-of-date, then let me know and I'll make the appropriate changes.
Note that anniversaries are only done in five year increments.
Launch dates are subject to change at any time.

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

        o Erich Weber - 1993 Quadrantid Meteor Shower date
        o Steven Pietrobon - Ariane launch dates for Hispasat 1A, Galaxy 4,
          Galaxy 7, Eutelsat II-F5 and launch date for LEAP-3.


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                                  SPACE CALENDAR
                                  July 29, 1992
                             =========================

* indicates change from last month's calendar

   July 1992
     30 - Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower
     31 - MSTI Scout Launch
     31 - Consort 5 Starfire Launch
    *31 - STS-46, Atlantis, Tethered Satellite System (TSS)

   August 1992
     04-07 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-14)
     06 - Galaxy 1R Launch
     09 - Soyuz TM-14 Return to Earth
     10 - TOPEX/Poseidon Ariane Launch
     11-13 Perseid Meteor Shower
     20 - Hipasat 1 Ariane Launch
     20 - Optus B1 Long March Launch (China)
     20 - GE Satcom C4 Delta Launch
     20 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 2 Launch (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
     27 - 30th Anniversary, Mariner 2 Launch (Venus Flyby Mission)
     27-31 - SEDS International Conference, Washington D.C.
     28-05 - World Space Congress, Washington D.C.

   September 1992
    *?? - Hispasat 1A Ariane Launch
    *?? - LEAP-3 OSC Aries Launch
     05 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 1 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
     07 - Ulysses, 2nd Conjunction
     08 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 5 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
    *08 - Geotail, 1st Moon Flyby
     11 - STS-47, Endeavour, SpaceLab Japan (SL-J)
     14 - DFS-3/Kopernikus Delta Launch
    *14 - Magellan, Orbit Trim Maneuver, Cycle 4 Begins
     16 - Mars Observer Titan III Launch
     24 - Comet 1 Conestoga Launch
     24 - SCD-1 Pegasus Launch

   October 1992
    *?? - Galaxy 7 Ariane Launch
     ?? - 500th Anniversary of Columbus discovering America
     ?? - UFO Atlas Launch
     01 - Mars Observer, 1st Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-1)
     04 - 35th Anniversary, Sputnik Launch (1st Satellite ever)
     05 - Progress Launch (Soviet)
     09 - Draconid Meteor Shower
     12 - SETI Scanning Begins
     15 - STS-52, Columbia, Laser Geodynamics Satellite (LAGEOS-II)
     15 - Freja Long March Launch (Sweden/China)
     20 - Orionid Meteor Shower

   November 1992
    *?? - Superbird A Ariane Launch
    *?? - Geotail, 2nd Moon Flyby
     05 - STS-53, Discovery, Department of Defense (DOD)
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
     09 - Taurid Meteor Shower
     16 - Leonid Meteor Shower
     25-27 Andromedid Meteor Shower

   December 1992
     ?? - Pioneer Venus Burnup
    *?? - Galaxy 4 Ariane Launch
     08 - Galileo, Earth Flyby
     08 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, Near Earth Flyby (.025 AU)
     10 - Lunar Eclipse
     13 - Geminid Meteor Shower
     14 - 30th Anniversary, Mariner 2 Venus Flyby (1st Flyby of Another Planet)
     15 - STS-54, Endeavour, TDRS-F
     19 - 20 years since man has been to the Moon (Apollo 17)
     22 - Ursid Meteor Shower
     25 - Isaac Newton's 350th birthday (or January 4)

   January 1993
    *?? - Eutelsat II F-5 Ariane Launch
     03 - Mars Observer, High Gain Antenna Deployment
    *03-4 Quadrantid Meteor Shower
     07 - Mars Observer, 2nd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-2)
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
     27 - STS-55, Columbia, Spacelab Germany (SL-D2)

   February 1993
     ?? - Hispasat 2 Ariane Launch
     01 - 35th Anniversary, Explorer 1 Launch (1st U.S. Satellite)
     06 - Astro-D Launch (US/Japan)
     07 - Mars Observer, 3rd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-3)
     15 - Advanced Photovoltaic Electronics Experiment (APEX) Pegasus Launch
     18 - Jules Verne's 165th Birthday
    *19 - Copernicus' 520th Birthday
     22 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology Satellite(ACTS)

   March 1993
     ?? - SPOT-C Launch
     ?? - Radcal Scout Launch
     03 - Ulysses, 3rd Opposition
     23 - STS-56, Endeavour, ATLAS-2

   April 1993
     06 - 20th Anniversary, Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
     22 - STS-57, Atlantis, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA-1R)

   May 1993
     04 - Galileo Enters Asteroid Belt Again
     15 - Magellan, End of Mission?

   June 1993
     04 - Lunar Eclipse
     14 - Sakigake, 2nd Earth Flyby (Japan)
     22 - 15th Anniversary of Charon Discovery (Pluto's Moon) by Christy

   July 1993
    *29 - NASA's 35th Birthday

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