From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Space Calendar - 09/27/92
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Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 1992 03:08:12 GMT

     Here's the latest Space Calendar.  If you see any updates to the
calendar, then please let me know.  Note that launch dates are subject to
change.

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                                  SPACE CALENDAR
                                September 27, 1992
                             =========================

* indicates change from last month's calendar

   October 1992
     ?? - Galaxy 7 Ariane Launch
     ?? - UFO Atlas Launch
     04 - 35th Anniversary, Sputnik Launch (1st Satellite ever)
     05 - Progress Launch (Soviet)
     09 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver 15 (TCM-15)
     10 - Draconid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 197.0 degrees)
    *10 - Mars Observer, 1st Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-1)
     12 - SETI Scanning Begins
     12 - 500th Anniversary, Columbus Discovers America
    *12-15 - Galileo, Dual Drive Actuator Test #4 (DDA-4)
    *12 - DFS-3/Kopernikus Delta 2 Launch
     15 - STS-52, Columbia, Laser Geodynamics Satellite (LAGEOS-II)
     15 - Freja Long March Launch (Sweden/China)
     20 - AUSROC II Launch
     21 - Orionid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 208.4 degrees)

   November 1992
     ?? - Superbird A Ariane Launch
     ?? - Geotail, 2nd Moon Flyby
     03 - Southern Taurid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 220.7 degrees)
     05 - STS-53, Discovery, Department of Defense (DOD)
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
     13 - Northern Taurid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 230.7 degrees)
     13 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver 16 (TCM-16)
     17 - Leonid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 235.7 degrees)

   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
     14 - Geminid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 262.0 degrees)
     14 - 30th Anniversary, Mariner 2 Venus Flyby (1st Flyby of Another Planet)
     19 - 20 years since man has been to the Moon (Apollo 17)
     22 - Ursid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 10:00 UT, Solar Longitude 258.7 deg.)
     25 - Isaac Newton's 350th birthday (or January 4)

   January 1993
     ?? - Eutelsat II F-5 Ariane Launch
     03-4 Quadrantid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 10:00 UT, Solar Lon 283.13 deg.)
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
     12 - STS-54, Endeavour, TDRS-F
    *12 - Mars Observer, High Gain Antenna Deployment
    *16 - Mars Observer, 2nd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-2)

   February 1993
     ?? - Hispasat 2 Ariane Launch
     01 - 35th Anniversary, Explorer 1 Launch (1st U.S. Satellite)
     06 - Astro-D Launch (US/Japan)
     15 - Advanced Photovoltaic Electronics Experiment (APEX) Pegasus Launch
    *16 - Mars Observer, 3rd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-3)
     18 - Jules Verne's 165th Birthday
     18 - STS-55, Columbia, Spacelab Germany (SL-D2)
     19 - Copernicus' 520th Birthday

   March 1993
     ?? - SPOT-C Launch
     ?? - Radcal Scout Launch
     01 - Ulysses, 3rd Opposition
     11 - STS-56, Endeavour, Atmospheric Lab for Applications and Science
          (ATLAS-2)

   April 1993
     06 - 20th Anniversary, Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
     22 - Lyrid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 02:00 UT, Solar Longitude 32.1 degrees)
     23 - Pi-Puppid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 33.3 degrees)
     28 - 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
     01 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology Satellite(ACTS)
     29 - NASA's 35th Birthday

   August 1993
     ?? - Seastar Pegasus Launch
     ?? - ISTP Wind Delta-2 Launch
     ?? - ETS-VI Launch
     ?? - GEOS-J Launch
     ?? - Landsat 6 Launch
     08 - 15th Anniversary, Pioneer Venus Orbitor 2 Launch
     12 - Perseid Meteor Shower (Max: 04:00 UT, S.L. 139.6 deg and 15:00 UT,
                                 S.L. 140.1 deg.)
    *13 - Mars Observer, 4th Trajectory Correction Manuever (TCM-4)
    *24 - Mars Observer, Mars Orbit Insertion
     25 - STS-58, Columbia, Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2)
     28 - Galileo, Asteroid Ida Flyby

   September 1993
     Nothing scheduled.

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