From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Space Calendar
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Date: Sat, 29 Aug 1992 05:51:55 GMT

     Here's the latest Space Calendar.  If you see any updates to the
calendar, then let me know and I'll add them in.  Note that launch dates are
subject to change.

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

        o Khee Chan        - Updates to Ulysses Conjunction #2 and #3 dates.
        o Andre Knoefel    - Maximum time & solar longitudes for all the meteor
                             showers.
        o Steven Pietrobon - Update to AUSROC II launch date.


                             =========================
                                  SPACE CALENDAR
                                  August 28, 1992
                             =========================

* indicates change from last month's calendar

   August 1992
     27-31 - SEDS International Conference, Washington D.C.
     28-05 - World Space Congress, Washington D.C.

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

   October 1992
     ?? - Galaxy 7 Ariane Launch
     ?? - 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 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver 15 (TCM-15)
    *10 - Draconid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 197.0 degrees)
     12 - SETI Scanning Begins
    *12 - 500th Anniversary, Columbus Discovers America
     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 - Mars Observer, High Gain Antenna Deployment
    *03-4 Quadrantid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 10:00 UT, Solar Lon 283.13 deg.)
     07 - Mars Observer, 2nd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-2)
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
    *12 - STS-54, Endeavour, TDRS-F

   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
    *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
    *04 - Mars Observer, 4th Trajectory Correction Manuever (TCM-4)
    *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.)
    *19 - Mars Observer, Mars Orbit Insertion
    *25 - STS-58, Columbia, Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2)
    *28 - Galileo, Asteroid Ida Flyby

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