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PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS 
NASA  MIXED  FLEET 
AUGUST  1988 
SUBMITTED  BY 
Director,  Transportation  Services  Office 
APPROVED  BY 
iRlCHARD  H.  TRUL' 
Associate  Administrator 
iPACE  Flight 
-i
TABLE  OF  CONTENTS 
SECTION  PAGES 
1.0  MANIFEST  NOTES  1.0-1.1 
2.0  SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  2.0-2.7 
3.0  ELV  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  3.0-3.3 
1.0  PREVIOUS  FLIGHTS  4.0-4.10 
5.0  PAYLOAD  REQUESTS  5.0-5.17 
6.0  PAYLOAD/ACRONYM  LIST  6.0-6.22 
-H-
MIXED  FLEET  MANIFEST  NOTES 
0   THIS  MANIFEST  INCLUDES  PAYLOAD  ASSIGNMENTS  FOR  SHUTTLE  AND  EXPENDABLE 
LAUNCH  VEHICLES  (ELV). 
0   THE  MANIFEST  IS  FOR  PLANNING  PURPOSES  ONLY.  FIRM  SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD 
ASSIGNMENTS  ARE  MADE  DURING  THE  FORMAL  INTEGRATION  PROCESS  AT 
APPROXIMATELY  19  MONTHS  PRIOR  TO  LAUNCH. 
0   IN  ORDER  TO  IDENTIFY  REQUIREMENTS.  SPACE  SHUTTLE  AND  ELV  FLIGHTS  ARE 
PROJECTED  THROUGH  FISCAL  1993.  THROUGHOUT  THIS  DOCUMENT.  PENDING 
REQUIREMENTS  ARE  NOTED  "FOR  NASA  PLANNING  PURPOSES". 
0   SHUTTLE  SECONDARY  PAYLOADS  ARE  SHOWN  ONLY  FOR  SHUTTLE  FLIGHTS  ON  WHICH 
THEY  ARE  FORMALLY  ASSIGNED. 
0   IT  IS  INTENDED  THAT  THIS  MANIFEST  WILL  BE  UPDATED  ON  A  QUARTERLY  BASIS. 
1.0
MIXED  FLEET  MANIFEST  NOTES 
(continued) 
0   THE  MANIFEST  SUPPORTS  THE  COMMERCIAL  SPACE  INITIATIVE  ANNOUNCED  WITH 
THE  NATIONAL  SPACE  POLICY.  FEBRUARY  11.  1988.  AS  FOLLOWS: 
-  THE  INDUSTRIAL  SPACE  FACILITY  (ISF)  IS  MANIFESTED  AS  A  FULLY 
REIMBURSABLE  PAYLOAD  UNDER  A  PRE-EXISTING  AGREEMENT. 
-  THE  SPACEHAB  IS  MANIFESTED  CONSISTENT  WITH  THE  NASA/SPACEHAB 
AGREEMENT  SIGNED  IN  AUGUST  1988. 
-  THE  COMMERCIALLY  DEVELOPED  SPACE  FACILITY  (CDSF)  WILL  BE 
MANIFESTED  WHEN  THE  GOVERNMENT'S  LEASE  ARRANGEMENTS  ARE  COMPLETE. 
ALL  OF  THE  ABOVE  ARE  SUBJECT  TO  FURTHER  NEGOTIATIONS  WITH  THE 
APPOPRIATE  COMMERCIAL  ORGANIZATIONS  AND  SPECIFIC  MANIFESTING  DECISIONS 
WILL  DEPEND  ON  COMMERCIAL  CUSTOMER  DEMAND. 
0   FOR  FURTHER  INFORMATION  PLEASE  CONTACT: 
TRANSPORTATION  SERVICES  OFFICE 
MAIL  CODE  MC 
NASA  HEADQUARTERS 
WASHINGTON.  DC  20516  —  USA 
TELEPHONE:  (202)  453-2317  TELEX:  197-9843  NASA  WSH 
1.1
w  m 
SECTION  2.0 
SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS 
(FOR  PLANNING  PURPOSES  ONLY) 
2.0
***  SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUGUST  1988 
  + 
 +   
+   + 
FLT 
DATE 
ORBITER 
INCL 
ALT CRW 
DUR 
PAYLOAD 
CARRIER 
OTHER 
PAYLOADS* 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
+ 
 + 
ADSF-2 
PVTOS-2 
IRCFE 
SE-82-04 
PCG-II-I-1 
IEF-2 
HME-1 
ARC-2 
MLE-1 
ELRAD 
SE-82-05 
88    SEPT 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
160 
TDRS-C 
I  US 
C:F.  H.  HAUCK  (CAPT.,  USN) 
P:R.  0.  COVEY  (LT.  COL.,  USAF) 
MS:J.  M.  LOUNGE  (M.S-ASTROPHYSICS) 
MS:G.  D.  NELSON  (PH.D. -ASTRONOMY) 
MS:DAVID  C.  HILMERS  (MAJ.,  USMC) 
+ 
 + 
88  11  17 
ATLANTIS 
-i-. 
XX 
X 
X 
DOD 
UNIQUE 
a  Uses  8 
C:R.  L.  GIBSON  (CDR.,  USN) 
P:GUY  S.  GARDNER  (LT  COL,  USAF) 
MS:R.  M.  MULLANE  (COL.,  USAF) 
MS:JERRY  L.  ROSS  (LT.  COL,  USAF) 
MS:W.  M.  SHEPHERD  (CDR.,  USN) 
+   . — + 
SHARE 
SE-83-09 
PCG-III-1 
PM-1 
CHROMEX 
I  MAX 
SE-82-08 
SSBUV-1 
89  2  18 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
160 
5 TDRS-D 
I  US 
C:CAPT.  M.  L.  COATS  (CAPT.,  USN) 
P:JOKN  E.  BLAHA  (COL.,  USAF) 
MS: JAMES  F.  BUCHLI  (COL.,  USMC) 
MS:R,  C.  SPRINGER  (COL.,  USMC) 
MS: JAMES  P.  BAGIAN  (M.D.) 
*  SECONDARY  PAYLOADS  ARE  SHOWN  ONLY  FOR  FLIGHTS  ON  WHICH  THEY  ARE  FORMALLY  ASSIGNED, 
2.1
***  SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUGUST  1988 
FLT 
1  30 
DATE   j 
89  4  28 
ATLANTIS 
INCL  CRW 
ALT  DUR 
28.9  5 
160  4 
PAYLOAD         CARRIER 
MAGELLAN          IUS 
PAYLOADS 
PrRONALD  J.  6RABE  (COL.,  USAF) 
MS:NORMAN  E.  THAGARD  (M.D.) 
MS:MARY  L.  CLEAVE  (PH.D.) 
MS:MARK  C.  LEE  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
89  7  1 
COLUMBIA 
XX 
X 
X DOD              UNIQUE 
P:R.  N.  RICHARDS  (CDR.,  USN) 
MStDAVID  C.  LEESTMA  (CDR.,  USN) 
MS: J.  C.  ADAMSON  (LT.  COL.,  USA) 
MS:MARK  N.  BROWN  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
89  8  10 
XX 
X 
X 
X DOD              UNIQUE   1 
89  10  12 
34.3 
160 
5  IGALILEO           IUS-2  STA 
4  1 
89  11  13 
28.5 
190 
5 SYNCOM  IV-5       UNIQUE 
LDEF-IR          UNIQUE 
1  36 
89  12  11 
XX 
X 
X 
X DOD             UNIQUE 
2.2
***  SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUGUST  1988 
FLT 
DATE 
ORBITER 
INCL  CRW 
ALT  DUR 
PAYLOAD 
CARRIER     OTHER  |         CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
PAYLOADS  j 
90  2  1 
ATLANTIS 
28.5  5  HST 
320  5 
to 
330 
UNIQUE 
90  3  1 
COLUMBIA 
28.5 
190 
9 ASTRO-l 
BBXRT 
IG+2  PAL 
TAPS 
90  4  5 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
243 
4 GRO 
UNIQUE 
90  5  10 
ATLANTIS 
XX 
X 
X 
X DOD 
UNIQUE 
t 
90  6  7 
COLUMBIA 
42.0 
129 
8 SLS-1 
i 
LM 
I 
+. 
90  7  19 
DISCOVERY 
55.0 
140 
7 CIRRIS  (DOD)       PALLET 
IBSS  (DOD)         SPAS 
TEAL  RUBY  (DOD)     UNIQUE 
90  9  10 
COLUMBIA 
33.4 
175 
.+ — +. 
STARLAB  (DOD) 
LM+1  PAL 
42  |  90  10  5 
ATLANTIS 
28.5 
160 
.+ — +. 
.+ — +. 
ULYSSES 
IUS/PAM 
.+■ 
2.3
***  SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUGUST  1988 
+-. 
FLT 
OATE 
ORB  ITER 
INCL 
ALT 
CRN 
OUR 
PAYLOAD 
+   + 
28.5 
160 
CARRIER 
I  US 
OTHER 
PAYLOAOS 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
90  11     8 
DISCOVERY 
5   ITDRS-E 
91     7  11 
COLUMBIA 
44.0 
160 
S/L-J 
+   * 
28.5 
160 
LM 
i 
90  12  20 
57.0     7    ATLAS-1 
IG+2  PAL                        1 
COLUMBIA 
135     9 
91     1  31 
28.5 
TSS-1 
MPESS+PAL 
ATLANTIS 
160 
GPS-1 
PAM-D2 
91     2  28 
XX   1  X DOO 
UNIQUE 
DISCOVERY      X     |   X 
91     4  11 
28.5 
IML-1 
LM 
COLUMBIA 
160 
91     5     2 28.5 
5 WAMDII 
UNIQUE 
ATLANTIS 
160 
GPS-2 
PAM-D2 
EURECA-1L 
EURECA-A 
91     8  15 
ATLANTIS 
7 SPACEHAB-1 
LAGEOS-2 
INMARSAT-1 
UNIQUE 
IRIS 
PAM-D2 
-+- 
2.4
***  SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUGUST  1988 
FLT 
DATE 
ORBITER 
INCLlCRW 
ALT|DUR 
PAYLOAD          CARRIER 
OTHER 
PAYLOADS 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
91  9  26  J57.0 
DISCOVERY  1  291 
5 UARS             UNIQUE 
91  12  2 
COLUMBIA 
44.0 
160 
9 S/L-D2           LM  +  USS 
i 
91  12  23 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
190 
7 ASTRO-2          IG+2  PAL 
EURECA-1R         EURECA-A 
92  2  27 
OV105 
57.0 
160 
7 SRL-1            PAL+MPESS 
i 
92  3  30 
COLUMBIA 
28.5 
160 
9* 
USML-1           LM+MPESS 
92  4  23 
ATLANTIS 
28.5 
160 
7 SHEAL-2          UNIQUE+SP 
GEOSTAR-1         PAM-D2 
ORFEUS           SPAS 
57  |  92  5  14 
|  DISCOVERY 
28.5 
160 
5  1  ACTS             TOS 
7  jUSMP-1            MSL+MPESS 
92  6  11 
0V105 
28.5 
160 
7 ATi.AS-2           IG+PAL 
SATCOM           PAM-D2 
92  7  2 
COLUMBIA 
42.0 
129 
9* 
SLS-2            LM 
*  PLANS  TO  EXTEND  BEYOND  9  DAYS 
2.5
***  SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUGUST  1988 
FLT    DATE    INCL  CRW  PAYLOAD 
ORB ITER   ALT  DUR 
CARRIER     OTHER 
PAYLOADS 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
60    92  7  30  28.5  5  ISF-1 
ATLANTIS    160  5 
UNIQUE 
61    92  8  20   XX   X  DOD 
DISCOVERY   X    X 
UNIQUE 
62    92  9  17   XX   X  DOD 
0V105    X    X 
UNIQUE 
63    92  10  8  28.5  7  IML-2 
COLUMBIA    160  9* 
LM 
92  10  29 
ATLANTIS 
28.5 
160 
7 SPACEHAB-2 
GEOSTAR-2 
UNIQUE 
PAM-D2 
92  11  19 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
160 
5 TDRS-F 
IUS     1 
■ 
92  12  17 
0V105 
XX 
X 
X 
X 
DOD 
UNIQUE 
93  1  14 
COLUMBIA 
28.5 
160 
9* 
ATLAS-3 
CRISTA 
IG+PAL 
SPAS 
93  2  11 
ATLANTIS 
28.5 
160 
5 ISF-2 
UNIQUE 
PLANS  TO  EXTEND  BEYOND  9  DAYS 
2.6
***  SHUTTLE  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUGUST  1988 
FLT 
DATE 
ORBITER 
INCL  CRW)  PAYLOAD         CARRIER 
ALT  DUR| 
OTHER 
PAYLOADS 
93  3  18  (57.0 
DISCOVERY  J  160 
7 SRL-2            PAL+MPESS 
93  4  8 
0V105 
28.5 
160 
7 EURECA-2L         EURECA-A 
USMP-2           MSL+MPESS 
93  5  13 
ATLANTIS 
XX 
X 
X  IDOD              UNIQUE 
X  1 
93  6  17 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
160 
5 SFU-RETR.         UNIQUE   j 
GEOSTAR-3         PAM-D2   | 
93  7  15 
COLUMBIA 
28.5 
160 
7  USML-2           LM+MPESS 
93  8  5 
0V105 
28.5 
160 
7 SPACEHAB-3        UNIQUE 
AAFE             2  PALLETS 
93  9  9 
ATLANTIS 
28.5 
160 
7 INMARSAT-2        PAM-D2 
GP-B1            PALLET 
PLANS  TO  EXTEND  BEYOND  9  DAYS 
2.7
SECTION  3.0 
ELV  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS 
(FOR  PLANNING  PURPOSES  ONLY) 
3.0
***  ELV  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUG  1988  MANIFEST 
DATE      CLASS        LAUNCH   VE 
YR  MO                       TYPE 
H  I  C  L  E 
INCL 
PAYLOAD 
ORBIT 
LAUNCH      PAYLOAD 
SITE 
|   88  09*   |  MEDIUM       |  ATLAS  63E 
|98.7 
SS 
WSMC   |  NQAA-H 
|   89  05    |  MEDIUM       |  DELTA  184 
199.0 
SS 
WSMC   |  COBE 
|   89  05    J  MEDIUM       |  ATLAS  50E 
|98.7 
SS 
WSMC   |  NOAA-D 
i   89  09*   |  INTERMEDIATE  |  ATLAS  CENTAUR  68 
|28.5 |   GSO 
ESMC   |  FLTSATC0M-F8 
|   90  02    |  MEDIUM       |  DELTA 
|57.0 j   LEO 
ESMC   |  ROSAT 
|   90  02    j  SMALL        |  SCOUT  S-218C 
190.0 !   LEO 
|  WSMC   |  TRANSIT-27 
|   90  06    |  INTERMEDIATE  |  ATLAS  CENTAUR 
|18.0 |   GTO 
!  ESMC   |  CRRES 
|   90  07    |  INTERMEDIATE  |  ATLAS  CENTAUR 
|28.5 |   GSO 
|  ESMC   |  GOES-I 
|   90  08    |  SMALL        |  SCOUT  S-210C 
|90.0 
!   LEO 
WSMC   |  TRANSIT-28 
|   90  09    |  MEDIUM       |  ATLAS  3 4E 
|98.7 
SS 
WSMC   |  NOAA-I 
|   91  05    |  LARGE        |  TITAN  IV  IUS 
|28.5 
EO 
ESMC 
PLANETARY  ALT. 
|   91  06    |  SMALL       |  TBD 
|TBD 
LEO 
TBD   |  SMALL  EXPL-01** 
|   91  08    |  MEDIUM       j  DELTA 
|28.5 
LEO 
ESMC   |  EUVE 
I 
■+ 
I 
-+ 
I 
I 
■+ 
I 
.+ 
I 
•+ 
I I 
I 
■+ 
*  Not  Before  This  Date 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
3.1
***  ELV  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUG  1988  MANIFEST 
DATE      CLASS 
YR  MO 
LAUNCH   VEHICLE 
TYPE         INCL 
PAYLOAD 
ORBIT 
LAUNCH      PAYLOAD 
SITE 
1   91  09    |  SMALL        |  TBD               |TBD  | LEO 
TBD   |  SMALL  EXPL-G2** 
- 
! 
h 
I 
h 
f 
I 
+ 
+ 
+ 
|   91  10    |  SMALL        |  SCOUT  S-215C        |TBD 
LEO 
SMR   |  CRRES 
|   91  11    |  INTERMEDIATE  |  ATLAS  CENTAUR*       |28.5 
GSO 
ESMC   |  GOES-J 
|   91  12    |  MEDIUM       |  ATLAS  HE           |98.7 
ss 
WSMC   |  NOAA-J 
|   92  01    |  SMALL        |  TBD               |TBD 
|   LEO 
TBD   |  SMALL  EXPL-03** 
|   92  05    |  INTERMEDIATE  |  ATLAS  CENTAUR        |28.5 
|   GSO |  ESMC   |  GOES-K 
j   92  06    |  SMALL        |  TBD               |TBD 
|   LEO |  TBD   |  SMALL  EXPL-04** 
|   92  07    |  MEDIUM       |  TBD               |28.7 
1    HE 
|  ESMC   |  GEOTAIL 
|   92  09*   |  INTERMEDIATE  |  TITAN  III           |28.5 
!    EO 
|  ESMC   |  MARS  OBSERVER 
|   92  12    |  MEDIUM       |  TBD                |28.7 
|    HE 
|  ESMC   |  WIND 
|   93  01    |  SMALL        |  TBD               |TBD 
|   LEO |  TBD   |  SMALL  EXPL-05** 
|   93  03    |  MEDIUM**     |  TBD**              J28.7 
|   GSO |  ESMC   |  MSAT** 
|   93  04    |  MEDIUM       |  TITAN  II**          |98.7 
1   ss 
|  WSMC   |  NOAA-K 
|   93  06    |  MEDIUM       |  TBD               |90.0 
|    HE 
|  WSMC   |  POLAR 
*  Not  Before  This  Date 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
3.2
***  ELV  PAYLOAD  FLIGHT  ASSIGNMENTS  *** 
AUG  1988  MANIFEST 
DATE 
YR  MO 
CLASS        L  A  U N  C  H   V  E  H 
TYPE 
I  C  L  E 
INCL 
PAYLOAD 
ORBIT 
SITE 
i   93  06    |  SMALL        |  TBD 
|TBD  |   LEO 
+ 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
3.3
***  PREVIOUS  SHUTTLE  PLIGHTS *** 
PLT 
DATE 
ORBITER 
INCL  CRW 
ALT  DUR 
PAYLOAD          CARRIER 
SECONDARY]        CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
PAYLOADS  1 
81  4  12 
COLUMBIA 
40.3 
172 
2 DPI              DPI  PLT   OEX       C:   JOHN  W.  YOUNG  (USN,  RET.) 
P:   ROBERT  L.  CRIPPEN  (CAPT,  USN) 
81  11  12 
COLUMBIA 
38.0 
140 
2 OSTA-1           PALLET    OEX       C:   JOE  H.  ENGLE  (COL.,  USAP) 
DPI              DFI  PLT   IECM       P:   RICHARD  H.  TRULY  (CAPT.,  USN) 
82  3  22 
COLUMBIA 
30.0 
130 
8 OSS-1            PALLET 
DFI              DPI  PLT 
IECM 
OEX 
SSIP(l) 
GAS  TEST 
MLR 
EEVT 
C:   JACK  R.  LOUSMA  (COL.,  USMC) 
P:   C.  G.  PULLERTON  (COL.,  USAF) 
4    82  6  27 
28.5  2 DOD  82-1 
OEX 
C: 
T.  K.  MATTINGLY  (CAPT.,  USN) 
COLUMBIA 
162 
7 DPI 
DPI  PLT 
IECM 
MLR 
CPES 
NOSL 
SSIP(2) 
P: 
H.  W.  HARTSFIELD  (USAF,  RET.) 
GAS(l) 
82  11  11 
28.5 
SBS-C 
PAM-D 
GLOW 
C: 
VANCE  D.  BRAND  (CIVILIAN) 
COLUMBIA 
160 
5 TELESAT-E 
PAM-D 
SSIP(3) 
6AS(1) 
P: 
MS: 
R.  F,  OVERMYER  (COL.,  USMC) 
JOSEPH  ALLEN  (PH.D. -PHYSICS) 
MS: 
W.  B.  LENOIR  (PH.D. -SCIENCE) 
4.1
***  PREVIOUS  SHUTTLE  FLIGHTS  *** 
FLT 
DATE 
ORB ITER 
INCL  CRW 
ALT  DUR 
PAYLOAD          CARRIER 
SECONDARY 
PAYLOADS 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
81  4  12 
COLUMBIA 
40.3 
172 
2 DFI              DFI  PLT 
OEX 
C:   JOHN  W.  YOUNG  (USN,  RET.) 
P:   ROBERT  L.  CRIPPEN  (CAPT,  USN) 
81  11  12 
COLUMBIA 
38.0 
140 
2 OSTA-1           PALLET 
DFI              DFI  PLT 
OEX 
IECM 
C:   JOE  H.  ENGLE  (COL.,  USAF) 
P:   RICHARD  H.  TRULY  (CAPT.,  USN) 
82  3  22 
COLUMBIA 
30.0 
130 
8 OSS-1            PALLET    IECM       C:   JACK  R.  LOUSMA  (COL.,  USMC) 
DFI              DFI  PLT   OEX       P:   C.  G.  FULLERTON  (COL.,  USAF) 
SSIP(l) 
GAS  TEST 
MLR 
EEVT 
82  6  27 
COLUMBIA 
28.5 
162 
2  DOD  82-1 
7  DFI              DFI  PLT 
OEX 
IECM 
MLR 
CFES 
NOSL 
SSIP(2) 
GAS(l) 
C:   T.  K.  MATTINGLY  (CAPT.,  USN) 
P:   H.  W.  HARTSFIELD  (USAF,  RET.) 
82  11  11 
COLUMBIA 
28.5 
160 
5 SBS-C            PAM-D 
TELESAT-E         PAM-D 
GLOW 
SSIP(3) 
GAS(l) 
** 
C:   VANCE  D.  BRAND  (CIVILIAN) 
P:   R.  F.  OVERMYER  (COL.,  USMC) 
MS:  JOSEPH  ALLEN  (PH.D. -PHYSICS) 
MS:  W.  B.  LENOIR  (PH.D. -SCIENCE) 
4.1
***  PREVIOUS  SHUTTLE  FLIGHTS  *** 
•+ — +- 
FLT 
DATE 
ORBITER 
INCL CRW 
ALT  DUR 
.— + — + 
PAYLOAD 
CARRIER 
SECONDARY 
PAYLOADS 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
83  4  4 
CHALLENGER 
28.5 
150 
.+. 
5 TDRS-A 
IUS/2 
CFES 
MLR.NOSL 
GAS (3) 
C:  P.  J.  WEITZ  (CAPT,  USN,  RET.) 
P:  KAROL  J.  BOBKQ  (COL.,  USAF) 
MS:  D.  PETERSON  (COL,  USAF,  RET) 
MS:  F.  STOREY  MUSGRAVE  (M.D.) 
83  6  18 
CHALLENGER 
28.5 
160 
6 SPAS-01 
0STA-2 
TELESAT-F 
PALAPA-B1 
MPESS 
PAM-D 
PAM-D 
CFES 
MLR 
GAS(7) 
C:  ROBERT  L.  CRIPPEN  (CAPT,  USN) 
P:  F.  H.  HAUCK  (CAPT.,  USN) 
MS:  JOHN  M.  FABIAN  (COL.,  USAF) 
MS:  SALLY  K.  RIDE  (PH.D.-PHYSICS) 
MS:  NORMAN  E.  THA6ARD  (M.D.) 
83  8  30 
CHALLENGER 
28.5 
160 
i 
PDRS/PFTA 
OIM 
INS AT  l'-B 
PAM-D 
CFES 
RME 
GAS(4) 
SSIP(l) 
C:  RICHARD  H.  TRULY  (CAPT.,  USN) 
P:  D.  C.  BRANDENSTEIN  (CDR,  USN) 
MS:  D.  A,  GARDNER  (LT.  CDR.,  USN) 
MS:  G.  S.  BLUFORD  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
MS:  WILLIAM  E.  THORNTON  (M.D.) 
83  11  28 
COLUMBIA 
57.0 
135 
10 SPACELAB  1 
LM+1P 
+   +„ 
.+ — +. 
C:  JOHN  W.  YOUNG  (USN,  RET.) 
P:  BREWSTER  H.  SHAW  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
MS:  OWEN  K.  GARRIOTT  (PH.D.) 
MS:  ROBERT  A.  PARKER  (PH.D.) 
PS:  ULF  MERBOLD,  ESA  (PHYSICIST) 
PS:  B.  K.  LICHTENBERG,  MIT  (PH.D) 
4.2
***  PREVIOUS  SHUTTLE  FLIGHTS  *** 
FLT     DATE    INCL  CRW  PAYLOAD 
ORBITER   ALT  DUR 
CARRIER    SECONDARY 
PAYLOADS 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
41-B 
84  2  3 
CHALLENGER 
28.5 
165 
SPAS-OIA 
PALAPA  B-2 
WESTAR-6 
PAM-D 
PAM-D 
ACES.IEF 
C-360c+b 
RME, MLR 
GAS(5) 
SSIP(l) 
IRT 
C: 
P: 
MS: 
MS: 
MS: 
VANCE  D.  BRAND  (CIVILIAN) 
R.  L.  GIBSON  (LT.  CDR.,  USN) 
BRUCE  MCCANDLESS  (CDR.,  USN) 
ROBERT  L.  STEWART  (MAJ.,  USA) 
RONALD  E.  MCNAIR  (PH.D.) 
84  4  6 28.5 
5 LDEF-1 
RME, IMAX    C: 
ROBERT  L.  CRIPPEN  (CAPT,  USN) 
41-C CHALLENGER 250 
7 SMM  REPAIR 
FSS 
C-360b 
SSIP(l) 
P: 
MS: 
MS: 
FRANCIS  R.  SCOBEE  (USAF,  RET) 
GEORGE  D.  NELSON  (PH.D.) 
TERRY  J.  HART  fM.S.-ELEC  ENG) 
JAMES  D.  VAN  HOFTEN  (PH.D.) 
41-D 
84  8  30 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
160 
6  QAST-1 
SBS-D 
TELSTAR  3-C 
SYNCOM  IV-2 
MPESS 
PAM-D 
PAM-D 
III 
CFES 
IMAX 
RME 
SSIP(l) 
CLOUDS 
C:  H.  W.  HARTSFIELD  (USAF,  RET.) 
P:  M.  L.  COATS  (l.T.  CDR.,  USN) 
MS:  R.  A.  MULLANE  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
MS:  STEVEN  A.  HAWLEY  (PH.D.) 
MS:  JUDITH  A.  RESNIK  (PH.D.) 
PS:  C.  WALKER  (MCDONNELL  DOUGLAS) 
84  10  5 57.0 
7 0STA-3 
PALLET 
IMAX       C: 
ROBERT  L.  CRIPPEN  (CAPT,  USN) 
41-G CHALLENGER 190 
8 ERBS 
RME 
P: 
JON  A.  MCBRIDE  (CDR.,  USN) 
LFC/ORS 
MPESS 
GAS (8) 
TLD 
APE 
CANEX 
MS: 
MS: 
MS: 
PS: 
PS: 
KATHRYN  D.  SULLIVAN  (PH.D.) 
SALLY  K.  RIDE  (PH.D. -PHYSICS) 
D.  C.  LEESTMA  (LT.  CDR.,  USN) 
MARC  GARNEAU  (NRCC,  CANADA) 
P.  SCULLY-POWER  (NAVY  CIVIL.) 
4.3
***  PREVIOUS  SHUTTLE  FLIGHTS *** 
.+ — +. 
FLT 
DATE       IINCLCRW 
ORB ITER      ALTjDUR 
PAYLOAD 
CARRIER 
SECONDARY 
PAYLOADS 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
51-A 
84  11  8 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
160 
.+ — +- 
HS-376  RETV(2) 
TELESAT-H 
SYNCOM  IV-1 
2  PALLET 
PAM-D 
DMOS 
RME 
-+- 
C:  F.  H.  HAUCK  (CAPT.,  USN) 
P:  DAVID  M.  WALKER  (CDR.,  USN) 
MS:  ANNA  L.  FISHER  (M.D.) 
MS:  D.  A.  GARDNER  (LT.  CDR.,  USN) 
MS:  JOSEPH  P.  ALLEN  (PH.D.) 
15    85  1  24 
51-C DISCOVERY 
X 
X 
.+ — +- 
X DOD 
C:  T.  K.  MATTIN6LY  (CAPT.,  USN) 
P:  L.  J.  SHRIVER  (LT.  COL,  USAF) 
MS:  J.  F.  BUCHLI  (LT.  COL.,  USMC) 
MS:  E  S.  ONIZUKA  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
MS:  GARY  E.  PAYTON  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
.+ — -+. 
51-D 
85  4  12 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
250 
7  ITELESAT-I 
5  | SYNCOM  IV-3 
PAM-D 
CFES  III 
AFE 
PPE/SAS 
SSIP(2) 
GAS(2) 
C:  KAROL  J.  BOBKO  (COL.,  USAF) 
P:  DONALD  E.  WILLIAMS  (CDR,  USN) 
MS:  M.  RHEA  SEDDON  (M.D.) 
MS:  JEFFREY  A.  HOFFMAN  (PH.D.) 
MS:  S.  DAVID  GRIGGS  (CAPT.,  USNR) 
PS:  C.  WALKER  (MCDONNELL  DOUGLAS) 
PS:  E.  JAKE  GARN  (U.S.  SENATE) 
51-B 
85  4  29 
CHALLENGER 
57.0 
190 
.+ — +- 
7 SPACE LAB  3 
LM+MPESS  |6AS(2) 
C: 
P: 
MS: 
MS: 
MS: 
PS: 
PS: 
R.  F.  OVERMYER  (COL.,  USMC) 
F.  D.  GREGORY  (LT.  COL,  USAF) 
DON  L.  LIND  (PH.D.) 
NORMAN  E.  THAGARD  (M.D.) 
WILLIAM  E.  THORNTON  (M.D.) 
L.  VAN  DEN  BERG  (EG&6  CORP.) 
T.  WANG  (JET  PROPULSION  LAB.) 
+- 
.+ — +. 
4.4
***  PREVIOUS  SHUTTLE  FLIGHTS  *** 
FLT 
51-G 
DATE 
ORBITER 
85  6  17 
DISCOVERY 
INCL  CRW 
ALT  DUR 
28.5  7 
190   7 
PAYLOAD          CARRIER 
SPARTAN-1         MPESS 
MORELOS-A         PAM-D 
ARABSAT-1B        PAM-D 
TELSTAR  3-D       PAM-D 
SECONDARY 
PAYLOADS 
FEE 
FPE 
ADSF 
HPTE 
GAS (6) 
P:   J.  0.  CREIGHTON  (CDR..  USN) 
MS:  SHANNON  W.  LUCID  (PH.D.) 
MS:  S.  R.  NAGEL  (LT.  COL.,  USAF) 
MS:  JOHN  M.  FABIAN  (COL..  USAF) 
PS:  SULTAN  S.  AL-SAUD  (ARABSAT) 
PS:  PATRICK  BAUDRY  (FRANCE) 
51-F 
85  7  29 
CHALLENGER 
50.0 
207 
-» 
/ 
SPACELAB  2        IG+3P 
SAREX 
STTP 
CBDE 
P:   ROY  D.  BRIDGES  (COL.,  USAF) 
MS:  F.  STORY  MUSGRAVE  (M.D.) 
MS:  ANTHONY  W.  ENGLAND  (PH.D.) 
MS:  KARL  G.  HENIZE  (PH.D.) 
PS:  LOREN  W.  ACTON  (LOCKHEED) 
PS:  0-D.  BARTOE  (NAVY  CIVILIAN) 
51-1 
85  8  27 
DISCOVERY 
28.5 
190 
8 AUSSAT-1          PAM-D 
ASC-1            PAM-D 
SYNCOM  IV-4 
PVTOS 
SYNCOM- 
SALVAGE 
P:   R.  0.  COVEY  (LT.  COL..  USAF) 
MS:  JAMES  VAN  HOFTEN  (PH.D.) 
MS:  JOHN  M.  LOUNGE  (M.S.) 
MS:  WILLIAM  F.  FISHER  (M.D.) 
51-J 
85  10  3 
ATLANTIS 
X 
X 
X DOD 
P:   R.  J.  GRABE  (LT.  COL.,  USAF) 
MS:  ROBERT  STEWART  (COL.,  USA) 
MS:  DAVID  HILMERS  (MAJ.,  USMC) 
PS:  WILLIAM  A.  PALES  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
4.5
***  PREVIOUS  SHUTTLE  FLIGHTS 
*** 
+   ._+ 
FLT 
DATE 
ORBITER 
INCL 
ALT CRW 
DUR 
PAYLOAD 
CARRIER 
SECONDARY 
PAYLOADS 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
85  10  30 
57.0 
8  SPACELAB  D-l       LM 
GLOMR      C: 
H.  W.  HARTSFIELD  (USAF,  RET.) 
61-A CHALLENGER 175 
* 
P: 
MS: 
MS; 
MS: 
PS: 
PS: 
PS: 
STEVEN  R.  NAGEL  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
!  J.  F.  BUCHLI  (LT.  COL.,  USMC) 
:  G.  S.  BLUFORD  (LT.  COL,  USAF) 
:  BONNIE  J.  DUNBAR  (PH.D.) 
:  R.  FURRER  (OFVLR)  (GERMANY) 
:  E  MESSERSCHMID  (DFVLR) (GERMAN 
I     W.  OCKELS  (DFVLR)  (DUTCH) 
61-B 
85  11  26 
ATLANTIS 
28.5 
190 
EASE/ACCESS 
MORELOS-B 
SATCOM  KU-2 
AUSSAT-2 
MPESS 
PAM-D 
PAM-D2 
PAM-D 
GAS(l) 
CFES 
IMAX 
DMOS 
MPSE 
C: 
P: 
MS 
MS 
MS 
PS 
PS 
B.  H.  SHAW  (LT.  COL.,  USAF) 
B.  D.  O'CONNOR  (LT  COL,  USMC) 
MARY  L.  CLEAVE  (PH.D.) 
S.  C.  SPRING  (LT.  COL.,  USA) 
JERRY  L.  ROSS  (MAJ.,  USAF) 
RUDOLFO  NERI  VELA  (MORELOS) 
C.  WALKER  (MCDONNELL  DOUGLAS) 
86  1  12 
28.5 
MSL-2 
MPESS    HH-G1      C: 
R.  L.  GIBSON  (LT.  CDR.,  USN) 
61-C COLUMBIA 
175 
5 SATCOM  KU-1 
GAS  BRIDGE 
PAM-D2 
IR-IE 
HPC6 
IBSE 
P: 
MS: 
MS: 
C.  F.  BOLDEN  (MAJ.,  USMC) 
F.  R.  CHANG-DIAZ  (PH.D.) 
STEVEN  A.  HAWLEY  (PH.D.) 
GEORGE  D.  NELSON  (PH.D.) 
CHAMP 
MS: 
SSIP(3) 
PS: 
ROBERT  CENKER  (RCA) 
GAS (13) 
PS: 
BILL  NELSON  (U.S.  CONGRESSMAN 
4.6
***  PREVIOUS  SHUTTLE  FLIGHTS  *** 
FLT 
DATE 
ORBITER 
INCL 
ALT CRWl  PAYLOAD          CARRIER 
DURj 
SECONDARY 
PAYLOADS 
CREW  ASSIGNMENT 
51-L 
86  1  28 
CHALLENGER 
7 SPARTAN-HALLEY     MPESS 
TDRS-B           IUS/2 
TIS 
FDE 
CHAMP 
RME 
SSIP(3) 
C:   FRANCIS  R.  SCOBEE  (USAF,  RET) 
P:   MICHAEL  J.  SMITH  (CDR.,  USN) 
MS:  JUDITH  A.  RESNIK  (PH.D.) 
MS:  ELLISON  ONIZUKA  (MAJ.f  USAF) 
MS:  RONALD  E.  MCNAIR  (PH.D.) 
PS:  GREGORY  JARVIS  (HUGHES) 
SFP:  CHRISTA  MCAULIFFE  (TEACHER) 
4.7
PREVIOUS  SCOUT  LAUNCH  VEHICLE  FLIGHTS 
PROGRAM  INITIATION  DATE:  1959 
LAUNCHES  TO  DATE:        112 
FIRST  FLIGHT:  1960 
LAUNCH  VEHICLE  SUCCESSES:   98 
LAST  20  FLIGHTS 
FINAL  PAYLOAD 
LAUNCH  DATE 
LAUNCH  VEHICLE 
SPACECRAFT 
ORBIT  ACHIEVED 
NOTES 
DEC  5,  1975 
S-196 
DAD 
FAILURE 
MAY  22,  1976 
S-179 
AIR  FORCE 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
JUN  18,  1976 
S-193 
GP-A 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
SEP  1,  1976 
S-197 
NAVY 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
OCT  27,  1977 
S-200 
NAVY 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
APR  26,  1978 
S-201 
HCMM 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
FEB  18,  1979 
S-202 
SAGE 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
JUN  2,   1979 
S-198 
UK-6 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
OCT  30,  1979 
S-203 
MAGSAT 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
MAY  14,  1981 
S-192 
NOVA  I 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
JUN  27,  1983 
S-205 
HILAT 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
OCT  11,  1984 
S-208 
NOVA- II I 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
AUG  2,  1985 
S-209 
SOOS-I 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
DEC  12,  1985 
S-207 
AFITV 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
NOV  13,  1986 
S-199 
AF  POLAR  BEAR 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
SEP  16,  1987 
S-209 
S00S-2 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
MAR  25,  1988 
S-206 
SAN  MARCO-DL 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
APR  25,  1988 
S-211 
SOOS-III 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
JUN  15,  1988 
S-213 
NOVA- I I 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
AUG  25,  1988 
S-214 
SOOS-IV 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
4.8
PREVIOUS  DELTA  LAUNCH  VEHICLE  FLIGHTS 
PROGRAM  INITIATION  DATE:  1959 
FIRST FLIGHT: 
1960 
LAUNCHES  TO  DATE:        182 
LAUNCH  VEHICLE  SUCCESSES:  170 
LAST  20  FLIGHTS 
FINAL PAYLOAD 
LAUNCH  DATE 
LAUNCH  VEHICLE 
SPACECRAFT 
ORBIT  ACHIEVED 
NOTES 
JUN  9,  1982 
162 
WESTAR-V 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
JUL  16,  1982 
163 
LANDSAT-D 
SS 
SUCCESS 
AUG  26,  1982 
164 
TELESAT-F 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
OCT  28,  1982 
165 
RCA-E 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
JAN  26,  1983 
166 
IRAS 
SS 
SUCCESS 
APR  11,  1983 
167 
RCA-F 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
APR  28,  1983 
168 
GOES-F 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
MAY  26,  1983 
169 
EXOSAT 
HE 
SUCCESS 
JUN  28,  1983 
170 
GALAXY-A 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
JUL  28,  1983 
171 
TELSTAR-3A 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
SEP  8,  1983 
172 
RCA-6 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
SEP  22,  1983 
173 
GALAXY-B 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
MAR  1,  1984 
174 
LANDSAT-D  PRIME 
SS 
SUCCESS 
AUG  16,  1984 
175 
AMPTE 
HE 
SUCCESS 
SEP  21,  1984 
176 
GALAXY-C 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
NOV  14,  1984 
177 
NAT0-3D 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
MAY  3,  1986 
178 
GOES-6 
FAILURE 
SEP  5,  1986 
180 
DOD-1 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
FEB  26 ,  1987 
179 
GOES-H 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
MAR  20,  1987 
182 
PALAPA  B2P 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
FEB  8,  1988 
181 
DOD-2 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
4.9
PREVIOUS  ATLAS  CENTAUR  VEHICLE  FLIGHTS 
PROGRAM  INITIATION  DATE ::  1958 
FIRST FLIGHT: 
MAY 
LAUNCHES  TO  DATE: 
LAUNCH  VEHICLE  SUCCESSES 
LAST  20  FLIGHTS 
FINAL PAYLOAD 
LAUNCH  DATE 
LAUNCH VEHICLE   SPACECRAFT 
ORBIT  ACHIEVED 
NOTES 
AUG  8,1978 
AC-51 
PIONEER  VENUS-2 
HELIO 
SUCCESS 
NOV  13,1978 
AC-52 
HEAO  B 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
MAY  4,  1979 
AC-47 
FLTSATCOM-2 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
SEP  20,  1979 
AC-53 
HEAO  3 
LEO 
SUCCESS 
JAN  17,  1980 
AC-49 
FLTSATCOM-3 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
OCT  30,  1980 
AC-57 
FLTSATCOM-4 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
DEC  6,  1980 
AC-54 
INTELSAT  V 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
FEB  21,  1981 
AC-42 
COMSTAR  D-4 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
MAY  23,  1981 
AC-56 
INTELSAT  V 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
AUG  6,  1981 
AC-59 
FLTSATCOM-5 
GSO 
FAILURE 
DEC  15,  1981 
AC-55 
INTELSAT  V 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
MAR  4,  1982 
AC-58 
INTELSAT  V 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
SEP  28,  1982 
AC-60 
INTELSAT  V 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
MAY  19,  1983 
AC-61 
INTELSAT  V 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
JUN  9,  1984 
AC-62 
INTELSAT  V 
FAILURE 
MAR  22,  1985 
AC-63 
INTELSAT  VA 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
JUN  29,  1985 
AC-64 
INTELSAT  VA 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
SEP  28,  1985 
AC-65 
INTELSAT  VA 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
DEC  4,  1986 
AC-66 
FLTSATCOM-7 
GSO 
SUCCESS 
MAR  26,  1987 
AC-67 
FLTSATCOM-6 
FAILURE 
4.10
SECTION  5.0 
PAYLOAD  REQUESTS 
NOTES  ABOUT  DATES  IN  THIS  SECTION: 
1.  REQUEST  DATE:  THE  PAYLOAD  ORGANIZATION'S  REQUESTED  LAUNCH  DATE. 
2.  FLIGHT  DATE:  IF  MANIFESTED,  IT  IS  THE  PAYLOAD'S  LAUNCH  DATE  AS 
SHOWN  IN  THE  MANIFEST.  IF  NOT  YET  MANIFESTED.  NO  DATE  IS  GIVEN. 
5.0
***  PAYLOAO  REQUESTS  *** 
+    „     + 
 -   +   —- +— -   +   — -   + 
f"   PAYLOAD     |     CARRIER     |REQUEST  DATE|FLI6HT  DATE |  TYPE/CLASS    | 
i'AAFE  TTpALLETS      riroe"""""!"^  08  5  |  SHUTTLE      | 
I      ,  4-   ■ 
 ■ 
 +   +   + 
 + 
f  
ACeT(DOD)   "   I  UNIQUE        j  91  06    |         I  SHUTTLE      j 
J'aCTS  ""TtOS  T"~92™05"    |  92  05  14  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+.„.        ""i'hhIg       "|"irir""T""""     i  shuttle  _  
__ i 
USTRO-1       riG+2"pALLETs"""T"89"ll     I  90  03  1  |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  ..+._   . 
 + 
 — + 
 + 
 — + 
f ASTRO-2       I  IG+2  PALLETS    |  91  01     |  91  12  23  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+___„_     +   —   +--   + 
 +-     — J" 
I  ATLAS-1  I    IG+2  PALLETS         |     90  09  |  90  12  20     |     SHUTTLE  | 
•L—   - — + 
 -+   +~   1 
   "T 
I  ATLAS-2  I    IG+1  PALLET  |     92  09  |  92  06  11     |     SHUTTLE  | 
;    ;_.   — —   +—   +-   — -+— — —   — j- 
1  ATLAS-3        I  IG+1PALLET+SPAS  |  92  11     |  93  01  14  |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  + 
 ,+ 
 — +. 
 — + 
 + 
!~ATLAS~4        |  IG+1  PALLET     |  93  11     |         I  SHUTTLE      | 
|  _   +~   ~- +-- —   +— ~   +   -   — + 
|  ATLAS-5**      |  IG+1  PALLET     |  94  11     |         I  SHUTTLE      j 
i'AXAF  |"UNIQUE  tinr        {""""""""JsHUtI/TITAN^IV^I 
IIbXRtH  "" |"tAPS        "  f"i9"ll™"T90"03  01     |     SHUTTLE  | 
+ 
   + 
 + 
 +---'   +   -   1 
|  BIOPLATFORM-1**  |  N/A           I  95  01     |         I  MEDIUM**     | 
i    + 
 - — — +   — —   +-   — •+    -+ 
|  BI0PLATF0RM-2**  |  N/A  |  95  06    |         I  MEDIUM**     | 
I  BIOPLATFORM-3**  |  N/A          |  96  01    |         I  MEDIUM**     | 
+ 
 ~+-   —   +   -<  + 
 +—   ~   t 
|  BI0PLATF0RM-4**  j  N/A  |  96  06     |         I  MEDIUM**     j 
|llOPLATFORM-5**"ll/A          "          ~|"97  01           I                      I     MEDIUM**  | 
+   -_   - —   + 
 + 
 +------   + 
 ™+ 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
5.1
***  PAYLOAD  REQUESTS  *** 
.    + 
 + 
 +   < 
 + 
l"""""pAYLOAD"""""r""""cARRIER  | 
REQUEST  DATE | FLIGHT  DATE|     TYPE/CLASS         | 
tll0PLATF0RM-6**"ll/A                         T'lTol'"'"]                      |     MEDIUM**  | 
I    +   „   + 
 +————+-—.   + 
|ll0PLATF0RM-7  **|   N/A                          I     98  01           |                       |     MEDIUM**  | 
4.     _   „   +— ._„     — ~+   +   — + 
 + 
i   BI0PLATF0RM-8**   |   N/A  |     98  06  |  |     MEDIUM**  | 
;   „   + 
 — + 
 +   — + 
 + 
i  CAPL  I  HH-6  j  90  02     I         |  SHUTTLE      | 
;. 
 +—     +—~~— — +-   -- +—   --+ 
I  CASSINI**        CENTAUR**      |  96  04     |          |  TITAN  IV**    | 
|_  _   _+   -     + 
 — -+-   +     + 
I  CIRRIS  (DOD)    I  PALLET        |  89  03     |  50  07  19  |  SHUTTLE      | 
4. 
 + 
 „—+-   +   — -  -+     — — — + 
I  COBE          I  N/A           I  89  05     |  89  05     |  DELTA        | 
i—     + 
 +--- —   +---   +   - —   t 
I  COLD-SAT**     !  N/A  1  95  12     |         i  MEDIUM**     | 
;    „   +_—   .— —   +   ~   +-   — + 
 -+ 
I  CRAF**        I  CENTAUR**      |  95  08     |         |  TITAN  IV**    | 
I     „   +    — — +. 
 + 
 + 
 + 
I  CRRES         I  N/A           j  90  06     |  90  06     |  ATLAS/CENTAUR  | 
I      + 
 +--   — + 
 +--     1 
j  CRRES- 1        I  N/A  I  91  10     |  91  10     |  SCOUT        \ 
rCRISTA"""""""""TAS™"sPAs"    T""92*"ll     |  93  01  14  |  SHUTTLE      | 
4.  ,.  „..+   + 
 — + 
 +--   ^+ 
I  CSI-1  (MAST)    j  
SPACELAB  PALLET  j  91  04     |         |  SHUTTLE      j 
|~CTM~~~         |"hh"6  |""89"06     I      I  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 .   +-   + 
 — + 
 +—   + 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
5«2
***  PAYLOAD  REQUESTS  *** 
+ 
 + 
 .   + 
 +-   -~+   + 
j     PAYLOAD     |     CARRIER     [REQUEST  DATE [FLIGHT  DATE)  TYPE/CLASS    | 
+ — „   +   , 
 + 
 +   .  +   .__ -...   + 
|  DOD-1         |  UNIQUE         |  88  10     |  88  11  17  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 ..   +   -«—   + 
 + 
 + 
 + 
|  DOD-2  j   UNIQUE  !     89  03  |  89  07     1     |     SHUTTLE  | 
+ 
 + 
 +   « — +   — +—   •+ 
|  DOD-3         |  UNIQUE         |  89  08     |  89  08  10  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 +. 
 +   ~   +   — +   -   + 
|  DOD-4         |  UNIQUE         |  89  12     |  89  12  11  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +-   + 
|  DOD-5         |  UNIQUE         |  90  05     |  90  05  10  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ — -—.   ,+ 
 + 
 +-.   .  + 
 — + 
|  DOD-6         |  UNIQUE        |  90  11     |  91  02  28  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 +-   + 
 + 
|  DQD-7         |  UNIQUE         1  91  03     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 . 
 +   «. 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 — + 
|  DOD-8         |  UNIQUE         |  92  02     |  92  08  20  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 — „   + 
 + 
 +   + 
 + 
|  DOD-9         |  UNIQUE        \     92  05    |  92  09  17  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+-„   .   ,   + — „   +„   , 
 +„   +   , — _   . — -+ 
|  D0D-10        |  UNIQUE         |  92  12     |  92  12  17  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+„   + 
 + 
 -+   + 
 + 
|  DOD-ll        |  UNIQUE         |  93  05     |  93  05  13  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
 +   „ — + 
 + 
 + 
|  D0D-12        |  UNIQUE         |  93  10     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
 „+   „—— +   + 
 + 
|  D0D-13         |  UNIQUE         |  94  05     |  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ — „   + 
 + 
 +   „„_„+_„   ,  . — + 
|  D0D-14        |  UNIQUE         j  94  12     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 „   _„+   +   ;  „._+   „ — + 
 -_+ 
|  D0D-15        |  UNIQUE         |  95  05     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
 +____ — „   +   +--..   + 
|  D0D-16        j  UNIQUE        |  95  12     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
 „ — + 
 +   +   „   .  + 
|  DOD-17        |  UNIQUE        j  96  05    |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  DOD-18        |  UNIQUE        j  96  12     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+« — „   + 
 + 
 +   +   . 
 + 
5.3
*** PAYLOAD  REQUESTS 
*** 
!     PAYLOAD 
|     CARRIER :     (REQUEST  DATE [FLIGHT  DATE | TYPE/CLASS 
I 
|  DOD-19 
!  UNIQUE 
I 97  05 
i 
I SHUTTLE 
I 
|  DOD-20 
|  UNIQUE 
I 97  12 
i 
i SHUTTLE 
|  D0D-21 
|  UNIQUE 
I 98  05 
i 
I SHUTTLE 
i 
|  DOM-1 
|  UNIQUE 
I 91  07 
i 
I SHUTTLE 
! 
|  DOM-2 
|  UNIQUE 
.  I 
93  07 
I 
I SHUTTLE 
|  DOM- 3 
|  UNIQUE 
1 95  07 
i 
i SHUTTLE 
|  DOM-4 
|  UNIQUE 
I 97  07 
i 
i SHUTTLE 
i 
|  E0IM-3/TEMP-2A2 1  |  MPESS 
1 89  11 
I 
I SHUTTLE 
|  EURECA-1L 
|  EURECA-A 
I 90  09 
i 
i 
i 
2 i SHUTTLE 
|  EURECA-1R 
|  EURECA-A 
I 91  03 
I SHUTTLE 
|  EURECA-2L 
|  EURECA-A 
I 93  01 
i 93 
8 i SHUTTLE 
|  EURECA-2R 
|  EURECA-A 
I 93  06 
i 
I SHUTTLE 
! 
|  EURECA-3L 
|  EURECA-A 
I 95  06 
t 
I SHUTTLE 
I 
|  EURECA-3R 
|  EURECA-A 
I 95  12 
i 
i SHUTTLE 
|  EUVE 
I  N/A 
I 91  08 
I 91  08 
I DELTA 
|  FLTSATC0M-F8 
I  N/A 
I 89  09 
i 
09* 
I ATLAS-CENTAUR  | 
*  Not  Before  This  Date 
5„4
***  PAYLOAD  REQUESTS  *** 
+ 
 „   + 
 —   +-   -+-     + 
I     PAYLOAD     I     CARRIER     |REQUEST  DATE | FLIGHT  DATE |  TYPE/CLASS    | 
L   -~ .—   +    - — + 
 +-   1    -"! 
I  FTS-DTF        1  UNIQUE         |  91  03     I  I  SHUTTLE      | 
; 
   +-- — • 
 +~-   + 
 1    "   T 
|  GALILEO        |  IUS-2  STAGE     |  89  10     |  89  10  12  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+___   — .   +—   + 
 +—   -— +       + 
I  GEOSTAR-1      |  PAM-D2         |  92  01     |  92  04  23  |  SHUTTLE      | 
4  „— —   +—   + 
 — +   — + 
I  GE0STAR-2  |   PAM-D2  |     92  10  |  92  10  29     |     SHUTTLE  | 
I 
 +   — ~-   -+   -+   + —     -+ 
I  GE0STAR-3      |  PAM-D2         |  93  06     |  93  06  17  |  SHUTTLE      | 
;    + 
 +   -   +   -+   --+ 
|  GEOTAIL        |  TBD  |  92  07     |  92  07     |  MEDIUM       | 
;...     — + 
 + 
 +   — + 
 + 
I   GOES-I  |   N/A  |     90  07  |  90  07  |     ATLAS-CENTAUR  | 
"Tgoes-o              I"n/a                  Mi'ii       TVi'ii  ~     |    atlas-centaur  [ 
+ 
   ~+   + 
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 + 
I   GOES-K  I   N/A  I     92  05  |  92  05  |     ATLAS-CENTAUR   | 
!~G0ES-L        "  jl/A  "  }~Ti07  ]~"~~  |  ATLAS-CENTAUR**| 
|"gOES-M                    T"n/A                         T'lYu           |                       |  ATLAS-CENTAUR**  | 
+ 
   +   .    + 
 •+ 
 + 
 + 
I   GP-B1  |   PALLET  |     92  06  1  93  09     9     |     SHUTTLE  | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 — + 
 + 
 — + 
I  GP-B2**         N/A  |  95  01     |         |  MEDIUM**     | 
I  GPS-1         I  PAM-D2        |  91  01.    |  91  01  31  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 +   + 
 + 
I  GPS-2         |  PAM-D2        |  94  04     |  91  05  2  |  SHUTTLE      | 
T"gRO  fuNIQUE       "|""90  01     |90  04  5  |  SHUTTLE      | 
I  HC-10         j  UNIQUE        |  88  10    |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 »   + 
 ..   + 
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I   HC-11                      |  UNIQUE                    |     88  05          |                      I     SHUTTLE  | 
i.. 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 + 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
5.5
***  PAYLOAD  REQUESTS  *** 
|     PAYLOAD     |     CARRIER     (REQUEST  DATE  FLIGHT  DATE|  TYPE/CLASS    j 
|  HC-12         |  UNIQUE         |  89  02     j         j  SHUTTLE 
|  HC-13         |  UNIQUE         |  89  06     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  HC-14         |  UNIQUE         |  89  11     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  HC-15         |  UNIQUE         |  90  06     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  HC-16         |  UNIQUE         |  90  11     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  HC-17         |  UNIQUE         |  91  06     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  HC-18         |  UNIQUE         |  91  11     |          |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  HPE           |  HH-G          |  89  02     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  HST           |  UNIQUE         |  89  06     |  90  02  1  |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  HST-REVISIT     |  PALLET+FSS     |  92  06     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  HST-REVISIT     |  PALLET+FSS     |  95  06     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  IBSS  (DOD)      |  SPAS          |  89  06     |  90  07  19  |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  IML-1         |  LM           |  90  06     |  91  04  11  |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  IML-2         |  LM       .    |  92  11     |  92  10  8  |  SHUTTlE      | 
|  IML-3         |  LM           !  94  11     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  IML-4**        |  LM            |  96  11     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  INMARSAT-1     |  PAM-D2         |  88  06     |  91  08  15  |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  INMARSAT-2     |  PAM-D2         |  89  03     |  93  09  9  1  SHUTTLE      | 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
5-6
***  PAYLOAO  REQUESTS  *** 
+ 
 + 
 +_, 
 +   „   +     + 
|     PAYLOAD     |     CARRIER     | REQUEST  DATE (FLIGHT  DATE |  TYPE/CLASS    j 
|  INTELSAT  VI-1   |  UNIQUE        |  89~10~~   |  ""j""sHUTTLE    ~~] 
|  INTELSAT  VI-2   |  UNIQUE       "|"9o"o4     |  "[""SHUTTLE""""  ] 
+    +      +   — — +— —   +   _.   _+ 
|   INTELSAT  VI-5       |  UNIQUE                    |     91  01           |                       |     SHUTTLE  j 
+ 
 . — + 
 + 
 + 
 +_     + 
I  ISF-1  |  UNIQUE  |  91  07  |  92  07  30     |     SHUTTLE               | 
|  ISF-2  |  UNIQUE  |  91  11         " | "93""oi"l r^^SHUTTLE   "] 
I  ISF-3  |  UNIQUE  |  92~03           |  ^SHUTTLE              ] 
|  ISF-4**  |  UNIQUE  |  92  07  |                       j     SHUTTLE               | 
!    ISF-5**  |   UNIQUE  "firil  j"~~  1"SHUTTLE  j 
+ 
     +.   _   + 
 +   _+_   ___+ 
|  ISF-6**  |  UNIQUE  |  93  03  |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
|  ISF-7**  |  UNIQUE  f~93"()7     \~~"   "["SHUTTLE   I 
|  ISF-8**  |  UNIQUE  |  93  11  j         j  SHUTTLE      \ 
I  ISF-9**  |  UNIQUE  |  94  03  |         j  SHUTTLE      | 
|  ISF-10**  |  UNIQUE  |  94~07     |""""      |"""sHUTTLe""   ] 
|  ISF-11**  |  UNIQUE  |  94  11   j   "["SHUTTLE   "1 
|  ISF-12**  |  UNIQUE       "  |"'95"oi  |  T""sHUTTLE      | 
|  ISF-13**  |  UNIQUE  |  95  07     |™~   f  "SHUTTLE      ] 
|  ISF-14**  |  UNIQUE  |  95  11  |         j  SHUTTLE      j 
|  LADD  (DOD)     |  MPESS+3  GAS    j  91  02     |         j  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 +__   + 
 + 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
5,7
***  PAYLOAD  REQUESTS  *** 
!"~~~PAYLOAD~~~"!  CARRIER  ^REQUEST  DATE | FLIGHT  DATE]     TYPE/CLASS         | 
f  
WGEOM   flRIS  MOM""  "   I  91  08  15     |     SHUTTLE   | 
rLDEFlETR  |~UNIQUE  T"~89~07   |  89  11  13     |     SHUTTLE  | 
|    + 
 »+   + 
 +     + 
I   LIFESAT-01**         |  TBD                          I     93  01           |                       |     MEDIUM**  | 
; 
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 +   — +-   +   ——-■ f 
I   LIFESAT-02**         I  TBD                          |     94  06           |                       |     MEDIUM**  | 
|    +   „   +-     + 
 +   — -   + 
i   LIFESAT-03**         |  TBD                          |     94  06           |                       |     MEDIUM**  | 
|    
 + 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 + 
|   LIFESAT-04**         |  TBD  |     95  01  |  |     MEDIUM**  \ 
rLIFESAT-OS^'^TTBD  "  TlVol  '       \  I     MEDIUM**  | 
;         ..   +.._   „.„   + 
 + 
 + 
 ~~ -+ 
|   LIFESAT-06**         |  TBD  |     96  01  |  |     MEDIUM**  | 
rLIFESAT"07**"""TTBD                      ""|"l6"o6           |                       |     MEDIUM**  | 
|    , 
 + 
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 +   .-„„_+-,   +». 
 + 
I  LIFESAT-08**         I  TBD                          |     97  01           |                       I     MEDIUM**             | 
|    +.„-   -+~   — + 
 +     + 
I  LIFESAT-09**         |  TBD                          |     97  06           |                       I     MEDIUM**             | 
I      
 „„_+.__-   + 
 +-   — +—   ~   + 
|  LIFESAT-10**         |   TBD                           |     98  01           |                        I     MEDIUM**           ^ 
TlIFESAT-II**        tTBD 
 TlsoV         \  \     MEDIUM**  | 
+  ...   „+   +-   + 
 +       + 
I   LITE-1  |   PALLET  |     93  02  |  I     SHUTTLE  | 
|    + 
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 + 
 + 
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I   LUNAR  OBSERVER**!  TBD**  I     95  10*         |  I     INTERMEDIATE**! 
i    +--   +-—   + —   +     + 
I  MAGELLAN       |  IUS  |  89  04     |  89  04  28  |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 - — - — + 
 +--   -+- —   +---- —   — -+ 
I  MAPS-3        |  MPESS         |  91  07     |         I  SHUTTLE      | 
I 
 + 
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 +----— —   + 
I  MAPS-4        |  MPESS         |  92  11     |         I  SHUTTLE      | 
4.      + 
 + 
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*  Not  Before  This  Date 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
5c8
***  PAYLOAD  REQUESTS  *** 
+       + 
 +-   — — +---   +     ---+ 
I     PAYLOAD     j     CARRIER     |REQUEST  DATE|FLIGHT  DATE |  TYPE/CLASS    | 
+__„   + 
 +     +   +-■ 
 + 
|  MAPS-5        |  MPESS         |  95  04     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
   +--   + 
 + —   + 
|  MARS  OBSERVER  |  TOS  |  92  09  |  92  09*  |  TITAN  III  | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 + — —   +     — + 
|  MRA-1         |  MSL  |  88  06     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
J~MRa1         1~MSL      "    ris"l2     f   ."     |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 „     + 
 + 
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|  MRA-3         |  MSL  |  89  06     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
"|~MRA-4        ~|"mSL  fir  12     f        I  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 , 
 +   « 
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 +-   —   + 
 + 
|  MRA-5  j   MSL  |     90  06  |  |     SHUTTLE  | 
I"mRA-6  1'mSL  floir"       |  |     SHUTTLE  | 
rMRA-7"""""""~"TMSL"  fllle  |  |     SHUTTLE  | 
+_„   -.   + 
 — - •+ 
 +   +   ■ 
 + 
|  MSAT**  |   TBD  |     93  03  |  93  03  |     MEDIUM**  | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 +   * — + — — • 
 + 
|  MSL-03  |   MPESS  |     89  04  |  |     SHUTTLE  | 
+ 
 + 
 -   + 
 -+   + 
 + 
|  MSL-04        |  MPESS         |  90  04     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 +   -+   + 
j  MSL-05        |  MPESS         |  91  04     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
I"MSLl6  T'mPESS  fl2"04  |  |  SHUTTLE  | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 +— —   — + 
 + 
j  MSL-07  |  MPESS  j  93  04  |  |  SHUTTLE  | 
+—   .   + 
   -+   + 
 + 
 + 
|  MSL-08  |  MPESS  |  94  04  |  |  SHUTTLE  | 
+-   .-   -+   + 
 +   — +— — -   — + 
|  MSL-09  |  MPESS  |  95  04  |  |  SHUTTLE  | 
+     ,  +-—   — — + 
 + 
 +—   -J   + 
*  Not  Before  This  Date 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
5,9
***  PAY LOAD  REQUESTS  *** 
  + 
 +-. 
+ 
i 
+ 
i 
+ 
i 
+ 
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+ 
i 
+ 
i 
+ 
i 
+ 
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+ 
i 
+ 
i 
+ 
PAYLOAD 
CARRIER 
REQUEST  DATE  |  
FLIGHT  DATE|     TYPE/CUSS 
|  NOAA-D        |  N/A          |  89  05     |  89  05    |  ATLAS  E 
|  NOAA-H        |  N/A          i  88  09     |  88  09     |  ATLAS  E 
|  NOAA-I         |  N/A           |  90  09     \   90  09     |  ATLAS  E 
|  NOAA-J         |  N/A           j  91  12     |  91  12     |  ATLAS  E 
|  NOAA-K         |  N/A           |  93  04     |  93  04     |  TITAN  II** 
|  NOAA-L        |  N/A           |  94  07     |         |  TITAN  II** 
|  NOAA-M        |  N/A           |  95  11     |         |  TITAN  II** 
|  0AST-2**       |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  95  04     |         |  SHUTTLE 
|  OAST-3**       |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  96  04     |         |  SHUTTLE 
|  0AST-4**       |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  97  04     |         |  SHUTTLE 
|  0AST-5**       |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  98  04     |         |  SHUTTLE 
|  0AST-6**       |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  99  04     |         |  SHUTTLE 
|  OAST-LSI**     |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  95  10     |         |  SHUTTLE 
|  0AST-LS2**     |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  96  10     |         |  SHUTTLE 
|  0AST-LS3**     |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  97: 10     |    ■      |  SHUTTLE 
|  0AST-LS4**     |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  98  10     |         |  SHUTTLE 
|  0AST-LS5**      |  SPACELAB  PALLET  |  99  10     |          |  SHUTTLE 
|  OMV-1         |  N/A           |  94  04     |         |  SHUTTLE 
|  ORFEUS         |  ASTRO-SPAS     |  91  05     |  92  04  23  |  SHUTTLE 
+ 
+ 
I 
+ 
+ 
I 
+ 
**  For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
5.10
***  PAY LOAD  REQUESTS  *** 
+   „   „   + 
 + 
 +   +       + 
PAYLOAD           |           CARRIER           [REQUEST  DATE | FLIGHT  DATE |     TYPE/CLASS         | 
+__   + 
   + 
 +   + 
 + 
OSL**         j  TBD**         |  95  10     |         |  MEDIUM**     | 
+ 
 + 
 + 
 + 
 +-— • 
 + 
|  PLANETARY  ALT   |  IUS  |  91  05     |  91  05     |  TITAN  IV     | 
+ 
 .  +   . 
 + 
 +   +-   + 
I   PMG  |   HH-G  |     89  08  |  |     SHUTTLE  | 
j   
po**                        j  
TBD**                      |     96  06           |                       |      INTERMEDIATE**! 
+   —   + 
 + 
 + 
 +—     + 
|   POLAR  |  TBD  |     93  06  |  93  06  |     MEDIUM**  | 
j'pOP  "pTBD**  "  f~95~lo""~     |  |$HUT./TITAN  IV** | 
+.—   ~   + 
 + 
 +   +-   + 
|   RADARSAT**  j   M/A  I     94  06  |  |     MEDIUM**  | 
+_.„   + 
 + 
 +   +-   + 
|  RCA  3001       |  PAM-D         |  90  06     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+   —   + 
 + 
 + — —   + 
   + 
j  RCA  4004       |  PAM-D2        |  89  09    |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+   .   + 
 +-   -+   + 
 + 
j  RCA  4006       |  PAM-D2        |  91  06     |         |  SHUTTLE      | 
+ 
 +--   + 
 + 
 + 
 + 
j   ROSAT  |   N/A  |     90  02  |  90  02  |     DELTA  | 
|   S/L-D2  j   
LM  +  USS  j     90  10  |  91  12  02     |     SHUTTLE  | 
J1/L-D3  "      I'ImTusS  |~92"l0  |  I     SHUTTLE  | 
"Pi/L-J  I*LM  r"90"l0  |  91  07  11     |     SHUTTLE  | 
fsATCOM                    |"PAM-D2                    |     9107           |  92  06  11     |     SHUTTLE  | 
+   _   -j- 
 — -+   +   + 
 + 
|  SDS-1  |  HH-G  |     89  06  |  |     SHUTTLE  | 
+ 
 „   + 
 + 
 +— —   + 
 + 
|   SDS-2                      |  HH-G                        |     90  01           |                       |     SHUTTLE  | 
+ 
 +   . 
 + 
 +   +   ■ 
 — + 
For  NASA  Planning  Purposes 
5,11
*** 
PAYLOAD  REQUESTS  *** 
|     PAYLOAD 
|     CARRIER 
[REQUEST  DATE | FLIGHT  DATE) 
TYPE/CLASS 
|  SFH 
|  HH-M 
I 91  02    | 
i SHUTTLE 
|  SFU-RETR. 
|  UNIQUE 
I 93  06      93  06 17 i SHUTTLE 
|  SHARE 
|  UNIQUE 
I 89  02     |  89  02 
SHUTTLE 
|  SHEAL-2 
|  UNIQUE 
I 91  05    |  92  04  23 i SHUTTLE 
|  SI RTF** 
|  TBD** 
■  I 
99  06    | 
i 
INTERMEDIATE** 
|  SKYNET-4A 
|  PAM-D2 
l 86  06    | 
i SHUTTLE 
|  SKYNET-4B 
|  PAM-D2 
I 86  12     | 
i SHUTTLE 
|  SLS-1 
|  LM 
i 90  03     |  90  06 
7 i SHUTTLE 
!  SLS-2 
|  LM 
i 91  06     |  92  07 
2 i SHUTTLE 
|  SLS-3 
|  LM 
i 93  10     | 
i SHUTTLE 
|  SLS-4** 
1  LM 
I 95  06     | 
i SHUTTLE 
|  SMALL  EXPL-01** 
I  N/A 
I 91  06     |  91  06 
i SMALL 
|  SMALL  EXPL-02** 
i  N/A 
I 91  09     |  91  09 
i SMALL 
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PAYLQAD/ACRONYM  LIST 
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AAFE 
AC 
ACE 
ACES 
NAME 
Aeroassist  Flight 
Experiment 
Atlas  Centaur 
Agile  Control  Experiment 
Acoustic  Containerless 
Experiment  System 
ACTS 
Advanced  Communications 
Technology  Satellite 
ADSF 
Automatic  Directional 
Solidification  Furnace 
AF  Polar  Bear 
Air  Force  Polar  Bear 
AFE 
American  Flight 
Echocardiograph 
AFITV 
Air  Force  Instrumented 
Test  Vehicle 
ALT 
Altitude 
DESCRIPTION 
Entry  vehicle  that  will  simulate  the  atmospheric  flight 
phase  of  an  Aeroassisted  Orbital  Transfer  Vehicle  (AOTV) 
returning  from  geosynchronous  orbit  and  provide 
environmental  and  design  data  for  an  AOTV. 
Intermediate  Class  Expendable  Launch  Vehicle. 
Demonstrates  line  of  sight  stabilization  for  scalable 
optical  structure  in  space. 
Technical  demonstration  to  obtain  early  microgravity 
tests  of  gas  transport  phenomena  in  a  3-axis  levitation 
furnace. 
Flight  verification  of  high  risk  communications  technology  to 
support  future  communications  systems 
Technology  demonstration  of  directional  solidification  of 
magnetic  materials,  immiscibles,  and  IR  detection  materials. 
Study  atmospheric  effects  on  electromagnetic 
propagation. 
Collects  quantitative  in-flight  data  on  cardiovascular 
changes  in  the  crew. 
Anti -satellite  target  vehicle. 
Orbit  altitude  in  nautical  miles. 
6.1
AMPTE 
ANS 
APE 
ARABSAT 
ARC 
ASC 
ASP 
ASTRO 
ATLAS 
AUSSAT 
AXAF 
Active  Magnetosphere 
Particle  Tracer  Experiment 
Astronomical  Netherlands 
Satellite 
Aurora  Photography 
Experiment 
Arab  Satellite 
Aggregation  of  Red  Cells 
American  Satellite  Company 
Attitude  Sensor  Package 
Astronomy 
Atmospheric  Laboratory 
for  Applications  and 
Science 
Australian  Communication 
Satellite 
Advanced  X-Ray 
Astronomy  Facility 
Satellite  to  study  transfer  of  mass  from  the  solar  wind  to 
the  magnetosphere. 
Study  the  sky  in  ultraviolet  and  x-ray  from  above  the 
atmosphere* 
Enhance  understanding  of  the  geographic  extent  and 
dynamics  of  the  aurora. 
Communications  satellite  of  the  Arab  Satellite 
Communications  Organization. 
Studies  aggregation  of  red  cells  and  blood  viscosity 
under  low-g  conditions. 
A  satellite  to  provide  commercial  communication  service 
to  continental  United  States,  Hawaii,  Alaska,  and 
Puerto  Rico. 
Foreign  Reimbursable  Hitchhiker-G  payload. 
Program  designed  to  obtain  ultraviolet  (UV)  data  on 
astronomical  objects  using  a  UV  telescope. 
Measures  long  term  variability  in  the  total  energy 
radiated  by  the  sun  and  determines  the  variability  in 
the  solar  spectrum. 
Direct  broadcast  communication  satellite  which  provides 
services  to  continental  Australia  and  off-shore  territories, 
A  major  free  flying  X-Ray  observatory  using  a  high 
resolution  telescope.  Designed  to  operate  in  orbit  for 
15  years. 
6.2
BBXRT 
Broad  Band  X-Ray 
Telescope 
B/U 
Back-up 
BIOPLATFORM 
BIOPLATFORM 
C 
Commander 
C360 
Cinema  360 
CANEX 
Canadian  Experim 
CANEX-2 
Canadian  Experim 
CAPL 
Capillary  Pump 
Loop  Experiment 
CASS IN I 
CBDE 
CFES 
Saturn  Orbiter/Titan  Probe 
Carbonated  Beverage 
Dispenser  Evaluation 
Continuous  Flow 
Electrophoresis  System 
A  BBXRT  utilizing  a  two-axis  pointing  system  --  flies  in  an 
attached  mode  on  Shuttle. 
A  free-flyer  platform  used  to  conduct  life  science 
experiments;  also  it  is  recoverable  through  reentry. 
Member  of  the  Shuttle  flight  crew  in  command  of  the  flight. 
35mm  motion  picture  camera  for  the  purpose  of 
photographing  crew  and  mission  activities. 
Experiment  package  flown  with  Canadian  payload 
specialist  on  mission  41-G. 
Canadian  Payload  Specialist  will  conduct  Canadian 
experiments  in  support  of  Space  Station. 
Experiment  to  quantify  behavior  of  a  full-scale 
capillary  pumped  loop  heat  transfer  system  in 
microgravlty. 
Complements  CRAF  mission.  Advance  the  knowledge  of  early 
history  of  the  solar  system  through  the  study  of 
physically  and  chemically  primitive  objects.  Mission 
includes  a  rendevous  with  Saturn  to  study  the  planet,  its 
rings,  and  its  moons. 
Pepsico,  Inc.  experiment  to  evaluate  packaging  and 
dispensing  techniques  for  space  flight  consumption  of 
carbonated  beverages. 
Demonstrate  the  technology  of  pharmaceutical  processing  in 
space. 
6.3
CHAMP 
Comet  Halley  Active 
Monitoring  Program 
CIRRIS 
Cryogenic  Infrared 
Radiance  Instrument 
for  Shuttle 
CLOUDS 
Structures  Photography 
Experiments 
COBE 
Cosmic  Background 
Explorer 
COLD-SAT 
Cyrogenic  On  Orbit 
Liquid  Depot- 
Storage  and  Transfer 
COMSTAR 
CRAF 
Comet  Rendevous  Asteroid 
Fly-by 
CRRES 
CRRES  1 
CRISTA 
Combined  Release  and 
Radiation  Effects 
Satellite 
Combined  Release  and 
Radiation  Effects 
Satellite 
Cryogenic  Infrared 
Spectrometer  Telescope  For 
Atmosphere 
Observe  Comet  Halley  on  STS  flights. 
Collects  infrared  data  to  support  Strategic  Defense 
Initiative  program. 
Cloud  formation,  dissipation  and  opaqueness 
observations. 
Determine  the  spectrum  anistropy  of  cosmic  microwave 
background. 
Zero  g  cryogenic  fluids  transfer  experiment. 
Communications  satellite  for  COMSAT. 
Explore  two  primitive  bodies  to  gather  new 
information  on  the  origin  and  evolution  of  the 
solar  system,  prebiotic  chemical  evolution  and 
the  origin  of  life,  and  astrophysical  plasma 
dynamics  and  processes. 
Satellite  involving  Active  Plasma  Experiments  and 
the  study  of  radiation  effects  of  various  spacecraft 
components . 
Active  Plasma  Experiments  to  support  CRRES  mission. 
A  U.S. /German  Joint  Aeronomy  Payload  intended  to  explore 
the  variability  of  the  atmosphere  and  to  provide 
measurements  that  will  complement  those  provided  by  UARS 
6.4
CRW 
CSI  (MAST) 
CTM 
DAD 
DFI  PLT 
DMOS 
DOD 
DOM 
DUR 
EASE/ACCESS 
Crew 
Controls  Structure 
Interaction 
Collapsible  Tube  Mast 
Dual  Air  Density 
Development  Flight 
Instrumentation  Pallet 
Diffusive  Mixing  of 
Organic  Solutions 
Department  of  Defense 
German  Orbiting  Laboratory 
EEVT 
Duration 
Experimental  Assembly  of 
Structures  in  EVA/Assembly 
Concept  for  Construction  of 
Erectable  Space  Structures 
Electrophoresis  Equipment 
Verification  Test 
The  Shuttle  flight  crew  for  a  particular  mission. 
Experiments  which  are  part  of  the  OAST  Control  of 
Flexible  Structures  program.  Project  to  deploy 
structures  in  a  micro-gravity  environment  from  the 
Shuttle. 
Foreign  Reimbursable  Hitchhiker-G  payload. 
Measure  global  density  of  upper  atmosphere  and 
lower  exosphere. 
A  pallet  used  to  accommodate  the  DFI  used  on  the  first 
four  Shuttle  flights. 
Grow  crystals  of  organic  compounds  for  research  programs 
for  the  3M  Corporation's  Science  Research  Laboratory. 
Program  sponsored  by  the  German  Federal  Ministry  of 
Research  (BMFT)  to  explore  near  earth  space  for  scientific 
and  technological  research,  complementing  the  German 
Spacelab-D  program  and  contributing  to  Space  Station-Columbus 
preparation.  DOM  carrier,  derived  from  SPAS  design  is 
a  reusable  multipurpose  platform  designed  for  a  minimum 
of  5  missions. 
Mission  duration  of  each  Shuttle  flight. 
Measures  the  human  factors  while  assembling  structures 
in  space  during  Extra  Vehicular  Activity. 
Technology  demonstration  of  apparatus  to  evaluate  the 
effects  of  electrophoresis  on  biological  cells  in  0-g. 
6.5
ELRAD 
ELV 
EO 
EOIM-3/TEMP-2A2 
Earth-Limb  Radiance 
Equipment 
Expendable  Launch  Vehicle 
Escape  orbit 
Evaluation  of  Oxygen 
Interaction  with  Materials 
Two  Phase  Mounting 
Plate  Experiment 
EOS 
Electrophoresis  uperanun 
in  Space 
ERBS 
Earth  Radiation  Budget 
Satellite 
ESMC 
Eastern  Space  and  Missle 
Center 
EURECA 
European  Retrievable 
Carrier 
EUVE 
Extreme  Ultraviolet 
Explorer 
EXOSAT 
ESA  X-Ray  Satellite 
FDE 
Fluid  Dynamics  Experimenl 
FEE 
French  Echocardiograph 
Equipment 
Obtain  measurements  of  earth-Umb  radiance  for  various 
positions^  the  sun  from  near  Umb  up  to  9  degrees  below 
earth  horizon. 
Determines  effects  of  atomic  oxygen  degradation  on 
1100  candidate  materials. 
Operates  a  mechanically  pumped  two  phase  heat 
acquisition;  transport  and  rejection  system  in  microgravity. 
Commercial  joint  endeavor  activity  (with  McDonnell 
Douglas). 
Collects  global  earth  radiation  budget  data. 
USAF  organization  Headquartered  at  Patrick  AFB,  Florida. 
Platform  placed  in  orbit  for  six  months  offering 
conventional  services  to  experimenters. 
Produce  definitive  sky  map  and  catalog  of  extreme  ultraviolet 
portion  of  electromagnetic  spectrum  (100-1000  angstroms). 
Provides  continuous  observations  of  x-ray  sources. 
A  package  of  six  experiments  flown  on  the  middeck  that 
involve  simulating  the  behavior  of  liquid  propellants  In 
low  gravity. 
Obtains  on-orbit  cardiovascular  system  data. 
6.6
FLT 
FLTSATCOM 
FPE 
FSC 
FSS 
FTS-DTF 
Flight 
Fleet  Communication 
Satellite 
French  Postural  Experiment 
Fleet  Satellite 
Communications 
Flight  Support  System 
Flight  Telerobotic  Servicer- 
Demonstration  Test  Flight 
GALAXY 
GALAXY 
GALILEO 
GALILEO 
GAS  BRIDGE 
Get  Away  Special  Bridge 
GEOSTAR 
GEOSTAR 
GEOTAIL 
GEOTAIL 
GLOMR 
Global  Low  Orbit  Message 
Relay 
GLOW 
GLOW 
The  flight  sequence  number  for  Shuttle  missions. 
U.S.  Navy  communications  satellite. 
Studies  sensory-motor  adaptations  in  weightlessness. 
U.S.  Navy  Communications  Satellite  (same  as  FLTSATCOM). 
Support  systems  used  for  revisit  missions. 
The  demonstration  flight  of  a  Telerobotic  System  being 
developed  for  the  Space  Station  to  assist  in  attached 
payload  assembly  and  maintenance,  in-situ  platform  and 
satellite  servicing,  space  station  maintenance, 
servicing,  assembly  and  inspection. 
Hughes  communications  satellite. 
Investigates  the  chemical  compostion  and  physical  state 
of  Jupiter's  atmosphere  and  satellites. 
Structure  in  the  payload  bay  that  can  hold  up  to 
twelve  GAS  canisters. 
Interactive  radiodetermi nation  satellite. 
Explore  Geotail  of  the  Earth  Plasma  Physics. 
Packet  data  relay  satellite. 
Atmospheric  luminosities  investigation. 
6.7
GOES 
GP 
GP-B1 
GP-B2 
GPS 
GRO 
GSO 
GTO 
HC 
HCMM 
HE 
HEAO 
HELIO 
Geostationary  Operational 
Environmental  Satellite 
Gravity  Probe 
Gravity  Probe-Bl 
Gravity  Probe-B2  * 
Global  Positioning  System 
Gamma  Ray  Observatory 
Geosynchronous  orbit 
Geosynchronous  Transfer 
Orbit 
Hughes  Communications 
Heat  Capacity  Mapping 
Mission 
High  Eccentricity  Orbit 
High  Energy  Astronomical 
Observatory 
Heliocentric 
NOAA  Weather  Satellites. 
Scientific  probe  to  test  Einstein's  Theory  of  Relativity, 
A  prototype  test  of  the  Gravity  Probe-B  mission  to  test 
Einstein's  General  Theory  of  Relativity.  The  mission 
will  include  on-orbit  testing  of  precision  gyroscopes 
and  support  systems. 
Free  flying  payload  to  verify  aspects  of 
Einstein's  relativity  theory  using  sensitive, 
superconducting  gyroscopes. 
DOD  navigation  and  positioning  system  satellites. 
Investigate  extraterrestrial  gamma-ray  sources. 
Series  of  commercial  communications  satellites. 
Produce  thermal  maps  for  discrimination  of  rock 
types,  mineral  resources,  plant  temperatures, 
soil  moisture,  snow  fields,  and  water  runoff. 
Satellite  to  study  energetic  radiation  from  space, 
6.8
HH-G 
HILAT 
HME 
Hitchhiker-Goddard 
HPCG 
Handheld  Microgravity 
Experiment 
Handheld  Protein  Crystal 
Growth  Middeck  Experiment 
HPE 
Heat  Pipe  Experiment 
HPTE 
High  Precision  Tracking 
Experiment 
HRSO 
High  Resolution  Solar 
Observatory 
HS-376  RET 
HS-376  Retrieval 
HST 
Hubble  Space  Telescope 
IBSE 
Initial  Blood  Storage 
Equipment 
IBSS 
Infrared  Background 
Signature  Survey 
A  Shuttle  cargo  bay,  payload  carrier  system  for  small 
experiments. 
Evaluate  propagation  effects  of  disturbed  plasmas  on 
radar  and  communications  systems. 
Provide  for  middeck  experiments  of  limited  scope  in  order 
to  allow  for  low-cost,  timely  testing  of  concepts  or 
procedures,  or  the  early  acquisition  of  data;  specific 
objectives  to  be  established  for  each  flight. 
Develop  techniques  to  produce  in  low-G  protein  crystals  of 
sufficient  size  and  quality  to  permit  molecular  analysis  by 
diffraction  techniques. 
Foreign  Reimbursable  Hitchhiker-G  payload. 
Demonstrates  ability  to  propagate  a  low  power  laser  beam 
through  the  atmosphere. 
Solar  Optical  Telescope  to  determine  physical  processes  at 
work  on  the  Sun. 
Salvage  of  HS-376  communication  satellites  launched  on 
the  tenth  shuttle  mission. 
Observes  the  universe  to  gain  information  about  its 
origin,  evolution  and  disposition  of  stars,  galaxies,  etc. 
Evaluates  changes  in  blood  tissue  during  various  storage 
conditions. 
Obtains  infrared  measurements  on  rocket  plumes,  shortwave 
infrared  Earth-limb,  Shuttle  environment,  and  chemical 
release  from  payload  bay  while  detached  in  proximity  to 
the  Orbiter. 
6.9
IECM 
Induced  Environment 
Contamination  Monitor 
IEF 
IG 
IMAX 
IML 
Isoelectric  Focussing 
Experiment 
Igloo 
IMAX,  Inc.  of  Toronto, 
Ontario,  Canada 
International  Microgravity 
Laboratory 
INCL 
Lncl ; nation 
INMARSAT 
International  Maritime 
Satellite  Organization 
INSAT 
Indian  Satellite 
INTELSAT 
International  Tele- 
communications Satellit 
IRAS 
Infrared  Astronomical 
Satellite 
IRCFE 
Infrared  Communications 
Flight  Experiment 
A  package  of  ten  instruments  designed  to  fly  in  the 
Orbiter  payload  bay  on  a  special  pallet  to  check  for 
contamination  in  and  around  the  Orbiter.  It  also  has  the 
capability  to  be  operated  on  the  end  of  the  RMS  outside 
of  the  payload  bay. 
Gather  experimental  data  on  the  extent  of  electro-osmosis 
in  space. 
Space! ab  Igloo. 
Produces  motion  pictures  of  orbiter  launch,  inflight 
operations  and  landings  suitable  for  viewing  in  IMAX 
theaters  such  as  the  Smithsonian. 
Series  of  microgravity  missions  devoted  to  material 
and  life  sciences  studies. 
Orbit  inclination  in  degrees. 
PAM-DII  class  communications  satellite  to  be  used  for 
international  maritime  communications  services. 
Communication  and  meteorological  satellite  for  the 
government  of  India. 
International  telecommunications  satellite  network  for 
the  International  Telecommunications  Satellite 
Organization. 
All  sky  survey  for  objects  that  emit  infrared  radiation. 
Demonstrates  the  feasibility  of  using  diffuse  infrared 
light  as  a  carrier  for  STS  crew  communications. 
6.10
IR-IE 
Infra-Red  Imaging 
Equipment 
IRIS 
Italian  Research 
Interim  Stage 
IRT 
Integrated  Rendezvous 
Radar  Target 
ISC 
International  Space 
Corporation 
ISF 
Industrial  Space  Facility 
ITA 
Instrumentation  Technology 
Associates 
ITV 
Instrumented  Test  Vehicle 
IUS 
Inertial  Upper  Stage 
LADD 
Lens  Antenna 
Deployment  Demonstration 
LAGEOS 
Laser  Geodynamics 
Satellite 
LANDSAT 
Land  Satellite 
LDEF 
Long  Duration  Exposure 
Facility 
Infrared  video  camera  used  to  measure  temperature 
gradients  on  the  orbiter  surface. 
Italian  upper  stage  for  use  on  the  Shuttle. 
A  target  for  testing  of  Shuttle  orbiter  rendezvous 
techniques  and  capabilities  in  orbit. 
Commercial  joint  endeavor  activity. 
Commercially-owned,  man- tended  orbiting 
facility  for  research  and  manufacturing 
activities. 
Commercial  joint  endeavor  activity. 
Target  for  Anti  Satellite. 
Upper  stage  system  for  Shuttle  and  Titan. 
To  demonstrate  repeated  deployment  of  a  membrane 
antenna  including  reliability,  flatness  etc. 
Spherical  satellite  covered  with  retroref lectors  which 
are  illuminated  by  ground-based  lasers  to  determine 
precise  measurements  of  the  Earth's  crustal  movements. 
Satellite  is  totally  passive. 
Earth  resources  monitoring  satellite. 
Free-flying  satellites  providing  accommodations  for 
experiments  requiring  long-duration  exposure  to  the 
space  environment. 
6.11
LFC 
Large  Format  Camera 
LIFESAT 
Life  Sciences  Satellite 
LITE 
Lidar  In-Space 
Technology  Experiment 
LM 
Long  Module 
LO 
Lunar  Observer 
MAGELLAN 
Magellan 
MAGSAT 
Magnetic  Field  Satellite 
MAPS/FILE 
Measurement  of 
Air  Pollution  From 
Satellites 
MLE 
Mesoscale  Lightning 
Experiment 
MLR 
Monodisperse  Latex 
Reactor 
MO 
Mars  Observer 
MORE  LOS 
MORELOS 
Acquire  synoptic,  high-resolution  images  of  the  Earth's 
surface. 
Life  science  flights  with  micro-g  as  the  primary 
objective. 
Project  to  demonstrate  the  Laser  Detection  and  Panging 
(Lidar)  solid  state  system  from  space. 
Spacelab  Crew  Module. 
Geological,  elemental,  gravity,  and  magnetic  field 
mapping  of  moon. 
Spacecraft  designed  to  globally  map  the  surface  of  Venus 
Map  the  magnetic  field  of  the  earth. 
An  atmospheric  survey  that  identifies  specific  chemical 
compounds 
Record  and  observe  the  visual  characteristics  of  large 
scale  lightning  as  seen  from  space  using  onboard  TV 
cameras. 
Produces  monodisperse  latex  particles  in  th*  two  to 
forty  micron  range. 
Spacecraft  to  study  Mars'  surface,  climate,  gravitational, 
and  magnetic  fields. 
Mexican  communication  satellite  system. 
6.12
MPESS 
Mission  Peculiar 
Experiment  Support 
Structure 
MPSE 
Mexican  Payload  Specialist 
Experiment 
MRA 
Microgravity  Research 
Associates 
MS 
Mission  Specialist 
MSAT 
Mobile  Satellite 
MSL 
Materials  Science 
Laboratory 
N/A 
Not  Applicable 
NATO 
North  Atlantic  Treaty 
Organization 
NOAA 
National  Oceanic  and 
Atmospheric  Administration 
NOSL 
Night /Day  Optical  Survey 
of  Lightning 
NO /A 
NOVA 
OAST 
Office  of  Aeronautics 
and  Space  Technology 
Experiment  carrier. 
Experiment  performed  by  a  Mexican  payload  specialist 
on  the  Shuttle  flight  which  deployed  the  MORELOS  satellite. 
Commercial  joint  endeavor  activity  with  MRA. 
A  member  of  Shuttle  flight  crew  primarily  responsible  for 
payload  activity. 
Satellite  for  developing  advanced  ground  technologies  and 
techniques  for  mobil  communications  via  satellite. 
A  payload  which  remains  attached  to  the  Shuttle  to  perform 
materials  processing  experiments  in  low-g. 
Communication  satellite  for  NATO. 
Series  of  operational  environmental  satellites  in  polar 
orbit. 
Optical  survey  of  lightning. 
Advanced  Navy  Navigation  Satellite  (OSCAR  type). 
Series  of  payloads  sponsored  by  the  Office  of  Aeronautics 
and  Space  Technology. 
6.13
OAST-1 
OEX 
OIM 
Office  of  Aeronautics  and 
Space  Techno! ogy-1 
Orbiter  Experiments 
Oxygen  Interaction 
with  Materials 
OMV 
Orbital  Maneuvering 
Vehicle 
ORBTR 
Orbiter 
ORFEUS 
Orbiting  and  Retrievable 
Far  and  Extreme  Ultraviolet 
Spectrometer 
A  payload  which  remained  attached  to  the  Shuttle  to  demonstrate 
a  large  light-weight  solar  array  capable  of  being  restowed  in 
flight. 
Series  of  engineering  experiments  on  the  Shuttle. 
Tests  which  obtained  quantitative  rates  of  oxygen 
interaction  with  materials  used  on  the  Orbiter  and 
advanced  pay loads. 
A  deployable  retrievable  vehicle  to  be  flown  on  the  STS 
to  retrieve  or  insert  pay loads  in  orbits  different  from 
the  orbiter. 
The  name  of  the  Shuttle  Orbiter  used  on  a  particular  mission; 
e.g.,  Columbia,  Challanger,  Discovery  or  Atlantis. 
A  German  developed  pay load  to  explore  the  distribution  and 
character  of  absorbing  material  in  the  solar  neighborhood 
and  through  the  galatic  plane,  to  perform  direct 
observations  of  the  direct  interstellor  component,  and  to 
study  mass  motions  1n  hot  stellar  chromo  spheres,  coronea 
and  active  separation  in  the  high  gravity  atmosphere  of 
White  Dwarfs. 
QkS 
OSCAR 
OSL 
Orbiter  Refueling  System 
OSCAR 
Orbiting  Solar  Laboratory 
An  experiment  to  demonstrate  the  STS's  ability  to  perform  on-orbit 
satellite  refueling. 
U.S.  Navy  Navigational  Satellite. 
Will  provide  detailed  data  on  our  nearest  star,  the  sun,  to 
augment  our  studies  of  distant  stars  and  cosmic  processes. 
6.14
OSS-1 
Office  of  Space  Science 
OSTA-1 
Office  of  Space  and 
Terrestlal  Applications 
OSTA-2 
Office  of  Space  and 
Terrestlal  Applications 
OSTA-3 
Office  of  Space  and 
Terrestrial  Applications 
OV  105 
Orbital  Vehicle  105 
P 
Pilot 
PAL 
Pallet 
PALAPA 
Indonesian  Communication 
Satellite 
PAM 
PCG-II 
PDRS/PFTA 
PIONEER  VENUS 
Payload  Assist  Module 
Protein  Crystal  Growth 
Payload  Deployment  and 
Retrieval  System/Payload 
Flight  Test  Article 
Contamination  monitor,  microabrasion  foil  experiment, 
vehicle  charging  and  potential  experiment,  Shuttle- 
Spacelab  induced  atmosphere,  solar  flare  x-ray 
polarlmeter,  solar  ultraviolet  spectral  irradiance 
monitor,  plant  growth  unit,  thermal  canister  experiment, 
and  plasma  diagnostics  package. 
Shuttle  attached  payload  using  the  SIR-A  radar  to  obtain 
high  resolution  images  of  earth. 
Microgravity  experiments. 
Acquire  photographic  and  radar  images  of  the  Earth's 
surface. 
Replacement  orbiter  for  NASA  Shuttle  fleet. 
A  member  of  the  Shuttle  crew  whose  primary  responsibility 
1s  to  pilot  the  Orbiter. 
Spacelab  Pallet. 
Synchronous  satellite  communication  system  for  the 
Republic  of  Indonesia. 
An  upper  stage  system  used  on  the  Shuttle  and  the 
Delta  ELV. 
PCG  activity  1n  controlled  temperature  module. 
First  object  to  be  deployed  and  retrieved  by  the  remote 
manipulator  system  and  1s  used  to  test  reaction  of  RMS 
joints. 
Remote  sensing  and  direct  measurements  of  Venus  and 
Its  surrounding  environment. 
6.15
PLANETARY  ALT 
PMG 
PO 
POLAR 
POP 
PPE 
PS 
PVTOS 
RA.DARSAT 
RCA 
RME 
ROSAT 
Planetary  Alternative 
Plasma  Motor  Generator 
Planetary  Observer 
POLAR 
Polar  Orbiting  Platform 
Phase  Partitioning 
Experiment 
Pay load  Specialist 
Physical  Vapor  Transport 
of  Organic  Sol Ids 
Radar  Satellite 
RCA  American  Communications, 
Inc,  (now  GE  American 
Communications,  Inc.) 
Radiation  Monitoring 
Equipment 
Roentgen  Satellite 
Reserve  capability  to  back-up  launch  of  Galileo  or 
Ulysses  missions  on  Titan-IV. 
Measures  hollow  cathode  current  couplings  to/thru 
ionosphere;  measures  induced  voltage  in  200  meter  wire 
in  low  earth  orbit. 
Spacecraft  to  study  Martian  upper  atmosphere  and 
ionosphere. 
Polar  Auroral  Plasma  Physics. 
U.S.  platforms  will  orbit  space  station  and  perform 
remote  sensing  experiments. 
Study  separation  behavior  of  two  phase  system  generated 
by  the  mixture  in  water  of  polyglucose  and  polyethylene 
glycol . 
A  member  of  the  Shuttle  crew  with  primary  responsibility 
for  a  particular  payload  or  experiment. 
Commercial  joint  endeavor  activity  with  3M. 
Remote  free  flyer  sensing  satellite  will  monitor  land,  sea 
and  ice  for  five  years  over  the  poles  (U.S./Canadian/U.K.). 
Series  of  communications  satellites. 
Measures  gamma  radiation  levels  in  the  Shuttle  environment 
NASA/West  German  cooperative  satellite  for  studying  X-Rays. 
6.16
s 
SAGE 
SAN  MARCO-DL 
SAREX 
SAS 
SAS 
SATCOM 
SBS 
SDS 
SE 
SFH 
SFP 
SFU-RET 
Scout 
Strategic  Aerosol  and 
Gas  Experiment 
SAN  MARCO-DL 
Shuttle  Amateur  Radio 
Experiment 
Space  Adaptation  Syndrome 
Small  Astronomy  Satellite 
Satellite  Business  Systems 
Solar  Disk  Sextant 
Student  Experiment 
Super  Fluid  Helium 
On  Orbit  Transfer 
Demonstration 
Space  Flight  Participant 
Space  Flyer  Unit- 
Retrieval 
Small  Class  Expendable  Launch  Vehicle. 
Map  vertical  profiles  of  the  Ozone,  aerosol,  nitrogen 
Rayleigh  molecular  extinction  around  the  globe. 
NASA/Italian  earth  physics  cooperative  satellite 
Space  to  ground  voice  and  slow  scan  TV 
Measures  vestibular  function,  motion  sickness  susceptibility 
and  spatial  orientation  ability  during  prolonged 
weightlessness 
Study  x-ray  sources  within  and  beyond  the  Milky  Way 
galaxy. 
RCA  communications  satellite. 
All  digital  domestic  communication  system  servicing 
large  industry,  the  government,  etc. 
Studies  solar  pulsations,  oblateness,  and  size. 
Experiments  for  the  Shuttle  Student  Involvement 
Projects. 
Demonstrates  the  feasibility  of  on-orbit  transfer  of 
superfluid  helium  using  thermomechanical  techniques. 
A  reusable,  retrievable  unmanned  free  flyer  to  be 
launched  on  the  Japanese  H-II  rocket  and  retrieved  by  Shuttle. 
6.17
SHARE 
SHEAL-2 
SI  RTF 
SKYNET 
S/L  D2,  D3 
Space  Station  Heat  Pipe 
Advanced  Radiator  Element 
Shuttle  High  Energy 
Astrophysics  Laboratory 
Space  Infrared  Telescope 
Facility 
SKYNET 
Spacelab  02,  D3 
S/L-J 
Spacelab  J 
SLS 
Space  Life  Sciences 
Laboratory 
SMALL  EXPL 
Small  Explorer 
SMM-RET 
Solar  Maximum  Mission 
Retrieval 
SMR 
San  Marco  Range 
SMRM 
Solar  Maximum  Repair 
Mission 
SOHO 
Solar  Heliospheric 
Observatory 
Demonstrates  and  quantifies  the  thermal  performance 
of  a  high  capacity,  50  foot,  space  construct ible,  heat 
pipe  radiator  element. 
Obtains  images,  spectra  and  timing  data  on  celestial 
x-ray  sources  and  the  spectrum  at  the  30  ft.  X-ray  background, 
Will  span  the  infrared  part  of  the  spectrum  with  a  thousand- 
fold increase  in  sensitivity. 
United  Kingdom  military  communication  satellite. 
Second  and  third  in  a  series  of  German  Spacelab  Missions. 
Objectives  include  mlcrogravity  research  and  technology 
preparation  for  Space  Station  use.  Significant  NASA 
participation  planned  on  02  and  projected  for  03. 
Combined  Japanese/NASA  Spacelab  mission  objectives  include 
life  sciences  and  microgravity  research  and  technology. 
Investigates  the  effects  of  weightlessness  exposure  using 
both  man  and  animal  specimens. 
Payloads  being  designed  to  fly  on  Small  Class  ELV 
A  mission  for  retrieval  of  the  SMM  satellite. 
Conducts  a  technology  demonstration  of  the  STS  capability 
to  rendezvous,  service,  checkout  and  deploy. 
Provides  optical  measurements  as  well  as  plasma  field 
and  energetic  particle  observations  of  the  sun  system 
for  studies  of  the  solar  interior,  atmosphere  and  solar  wind 
6.18
-  <\ 
soos 
SPACEHAB 
SPACELAB  1 
SPACELAB  2 
SPACELAB  3 
SPACELAB  D-l 
SPARTAN-  1 
SPARTAN-HALLEY 
SPAS 
SPAS-Ol 
SP  STA 
SRAD/TPITS 
Stacked  OSCAR  on  Scout 
SPACEHAB 
Space! ab  D-l 
Spartan 
SPARTAN-HALLEY 
Two  OSCAR  satellites  (U.S.  Navy  Navigation  Satellite). 
Commerd ally-owned  pressurized  module  for  conducting 
experiments  in  a  man-tended  environment. 
Demonstrate  Spacelab's  capabilities  for  multidisciplinary 
research. 
Demonstrate  Spacelab's  capabilities  for  multidisciplinary 
research  and  verify  system  performance. 
Dedicated  materials  processing  mission  emphasizing  0-g 
research. 
First  dedicated  German  Spacelab  mission. 
X-ray  astronomy,  medium  energy  survey  mission. 
Search  for  molecules  containing  nitrogen,  carbon  or  sulfur 
and  observes  the  UV  spectrum  between  2100  and  3400A. 
Shuttle  Pallet  Satellite     Payload  Carrier  developed  by  Germany. 
German  Shuttle  Pallet 
Satellite 
Space  Station 
Shuttle  Radiator  Assembly 
Demonstration/Two  Phase 
Integrated  Thermal  System 
Demonstrates  the  utilization  of  the  MBB  platform  and 
systems  as  a  carrier  for  science  experiments. 
Series  of  flights  to  complete  a  Phase  One  Space  Station. 
Evaluate  on-orbit  thermal  performance  of  a  Representative 
Dortion  of  an  Integrated  two-phase  thermal  bus  and  on- 
S%1t  const?Sctab1l1ty  of  Space  Station  radiator  elements 
using  Remote  Manipulator  System  and  Extra  Veh icular  Activity 
techniques.  This  experiment  combines  experiments  JSC  3B, 
JSC  3C  and  GSFC  2C  identified  in  the  (Thermal  Energy 
Management  Processes)  Space  Station  flight  experiment  program. 
6.19
SRL 
ss 
SSBUV 
SSIP 
Space  Radar  Laboratory 
Sun  Synchronous 
Shuttle  Solar  Backscatter 
Ultra-Violet  Instrument 
Shuttle  Student  Involvement 
Projects 
STARLAB 
Starlab 
STP-SPARTAN 
Space  Test  Program 
STTP 
Life  Sciences  Space 
Technology  Training  Progra 
SYNCOM 
Hughes  Geosynchronous 
Communication  Satellite 
TAPS 
Two  Axis  Pointing  System 
TBD 
To  Be  Determined 
TDRS 
Tracking  and  Data 
Relay  Satellite 
TEAL  RUBY 
TELESAT 
Canadian  Telecommunication 
Satellite 
Series  of  flights  to  acquire  radar  images  of  the  Earth's 
surface,  The  images  will  be  used  for  making  maps,  interpreting 
geological  features,  and  resource  studies. 
Series  of  flights  to  measure  ozone  characteristics  of 
the  atmosphere. 
DOD  Spacelab  experiments. 
Deployment  and  retrieval  of  Spartan  spacecraft  which 
carries  USAF  STP  experiments. 
Develop  and  encourage  Interest  on  the  part  of  college 
students  in  space  biology  and  medicine. 
Provides  communication  services  from  geosynchronous  orbit 
principally  to  the  US  government. 
Series  of  NASA  tracking,  data  and  communications 
satellites  to  replace  the  ground  based  network. 
Spacecraft  with  IR  sensor  to  collect  data  on  Airborne 
Vehicle  Detection  Background  Phenomenology. 
Communication  satellite  built  for  Telesat  Canada  to 
provide  voice  and  TV  coverage  to  trans-Canada  network 
of  Earth  stations. 
6.20
TELSTAR 
TIS 
TLD 
TOS 
TRANSIT 
TSS 
UARS 
AT  &  T  Communications 
Satellite 
Teacher  1n  Space 
Thermoluminescent 
Dosimeter 
Transfer  Orbit  Stage 
TRANSIT 
Tethered  Satellite  System 
Upper  Atmosphere 
Research  Satellite 
AT&T  COMSTAR  replacement  -  provides  communication 
services  to  the  continental  US,  Alaska,  Hawaii,  and 
Puerto  R1co. 
Middeck  locker  supporting  the  Space  Flight  Participant 
Program's  teacher  in  space. 
Obtains  gamma  ray  measurements  of  the  Shuttle  environment. 
Navy  navigation  satellite. 
System  capable  of  deploying  and  retrieving  satellite 
attached  by  a  wire  tether  from  distances  up  to  100  KM 
from  the  orb iter. 
Satellite  to  study  physical  processes  acting  within 
and  upon  the  stratosphere,  mesosphere,  and  lower  thermosphere. 
UK 
United  Kingdom 
ULYSSES 
Formerly  ISPM  (Inter- 
national Solar  Polar 
Mission) 
USML 
United  States 
Mlcrogravity  Laboratory 
USMP 
United  States  Mlcrogravity 
Payload 
Investigates  the  properties  of  the  heliosphere  (sun  and 
Its  environment). 
Series  of  flights  of  a  mlcrogravity  materials  processing 
laboratory  attached  to  the  Shuttle. 
Conduct  materials  processing  experiments  in  the 
mlcrogravity  environment  available  in  the  Orbiter  Cargo 
Bay  while  1n  low  earth  orbit. 
USS 
Unique  Support  Structures 
6.21
WAMDII 
WESTAR 
WFF 
WIND 
WSMC 
XTE 
Wide  Angle  Michelson 
Doppler  Imaging 
Interferometer 
Western  Union  Telegraph 
Communication  Satellite 
Wallops  Flight  Facility 
WIND 
Western  Space  and  Missle 
Center 
X-Ray  Timing  Explorer 
Set  of  instruments  which  study  upper  atmospheric 
winds  from  the  Shuttle. 
A  C-band  satellite  to  replenish  and  expand  the  Westar 
system  (Western  Union  domestic  communication  system). 
Satellite  to  measure  solar  wind  input  to  magnetosphere. 
A  USAF  organization  with  Headquarters  at  Vandenberg  Air 
Force  Base. 
A  Spacecraft  to  be  used  in  Earth  orbit  to 
investigate  the  physical  nature  of  compact  X-Ray 
sources  by  studying  fluctuations  in  X-Ray  brightness 
over  timescales  ranging  from  microseconds  to  years. 
The  XTE  payload  will  be  launched  on  the  Shuttle  and 
changed  out  with  the  EUVE  payload  which  will  have  been 
previously  launched  on  an  explorer  platform  using  a 
Delta  rocket. 
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