| I'd like to reserve this topic for a listing of current launch
schedules; American, Soviet, European, Japanese et-al. The intent
is to make it easier for noters planning trips to get in a little
bird watching. Out of date replys will be cleared to keep the clutter
down.
Mike H
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From: JDAVIS@GRIFFIN.UGA.EDU (Jerry Davis)
Newsgroups: sci.space
Subject: Viewing shuttle launches
Date: 19 Feb 90 13:50:39 GMT
Organization: Georgia Experiment Sta.
This may be of interest to those of you who wish to attend future
Space Shuttle launches. It was taken from the February 18, 1990
edition of The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, with excerps from The
Hartford Courant, authored by Steve Silk (paraphrased by me).
The next launch is scheduled for February 22; another for late April.
For a complete list of liftoffs, write NASA, BOC-155, Kennedy Space
Center, FL 32899. Those who plan well in advance can write for a
special pass permitting them onto Space Center grounds for the closest
view of a launch (~seven miles from the pad). About 2,000 passes are
issued free for each launch date. They are parceled out on a first come
first served basis. For reservations or more information, write:
NASA Vehicle Passes
PA-PAS
Kennedy Space Center, FL 32899
For information about visiting the Space Coast area of Florida, write:
Brevard County Tourist Development Council
P.O. Box 1969
Cocoa, FL 32923 or call 800-872-1969
Local officials allow people to park on Route 1 in Titusville. Binoculars
are a must as it is 15 miles away. You may park there 24 hrs. before a
launch. Additionally, the article points out that many viewers prefer
to watch the SRB's drop off. This can be seen from spots along ~20 miles
of beachfront. The preferred spot is Jetty Park in Port Canaveral.
I've never been there, I'm just passing along information.
Apologies to the author for any botches.
Jerry
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NEW NASA SHUTTLE SCHEDULE FOR 1990
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provided by Pete Kemp
NASA announced Monday it is shuffling its space shuttle launch
schedule, reducing from 10 to 9 the # of flights this year and aiming for
12 flights in 1992 and 13 in 1993. The new schedule reflects a delay in
two of the first three missions and a shifting of some flight priorities.
The dropped 1990 flight, that of a SDI payload, was put off nearly 14
months until January 1992. No specific reason was given for the long
delay. The space agency's new long-range schedule calls for 8 flights in
1991, 12 in 1992, 13 in 1993, 11 in 1994, 11 in 1995, and 10 in 1996.
Delays in the LDEF and HST flights apparently prompted the change.
The new manifest for Space Shuttles for the remainder of 1990
* 02/22/90 Atlantis (STS-36) DOD payload that is reportedly an
advanced reconnaissance satellite.
* 04/18/90 Discovery (STS-31) Hubble Space Telescope.
* 05/09/90 Columbia (STS-35) with an Astronomy Laboratory and
WA4SIR operating SAREX.
* 07/08/90 Atlantis (STS-38) with DOD payload.
* 08/29/90 Columbia (STS-40) with Space Life Sciences Laboratory.
* 10/05/90 Discovery (STS-XX) with the Ulysses spacecraft to study the
sun.
* 11/01/90 Atlantis (STS-37) with the Gamma Ray Observatory to study deep
space.
* 12/12/90 Columbia (STS-42) with the International Microgravity
Laboratory.
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Subject: NASA revises space shuttle manifest (Forwarded)
Date: 10 Mar 90 18:57:53 GMT
Reply-To: yee@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Peter E. Yee)
Organization: NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA
Mark Hess
Headquarters, Washington, D.C. March 9, 1990
Noon EST
Ed Campion
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
RELEASE: 90-37
NASA REVISES SPACE SHUTTLE MANIFEST
NASA has revised its January 1990 Space Shuttle Manifest,
changing the planned launch dates for several NASA, international and
Department of Defense (DOD) payloads.
Most of the changes to the manifest were a result of advancing
the DOD's mixed cargo flight -- the Infrared Background Signature
Survey/Air Force Program-675/Space Test Program/Multi- Purpose
Experiment Canister (STS-51) -- from January 1992 to January 1991.
The mission will be renamed STS-39. The payload previously in the
January 1991 slot, Tracking and Data Relay Satellite-E (STS-43), has
been moved to May 1991.
STS-46, a NASA mixed cargo mission including the first flight
of the NASA/Italian Space Agency's Tethered Satellite System, the
European Space Agency's European Retrievable Carrier, the Evaluation
of Oxygen Interaction with Materials and the Two-Phased Experiment
Mounting Plate, was moved from May 1991 to September 1991. DOD's
STARLAB mission, scheduled for September 1991, has been delayed to
January 1992.
Other manifest changes include the addition of the Shuttle Solar
Backscatter Ultra-Violet Instrument payload (SSBUV) to both the
Ulysses and TDRS-E missions. SSBUV has been removed from STS-37,
scheduled for November 1, 1990, aboard Atlantis, which will deploy the
Gamma Ray Observatory into orbit. Also, the Space Radar Laboratory
series of missions has been delayed about one year.
Additional changes to the Mixed Fleet Manifest beyond the January
1992 launch of STARLAB are under review. NASA plans to issue a new
manifest in June.
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