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Week of 17 June 1991
A Weekly Feature of SPACE CALENDAR
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o = International Earth event
# = International space event
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+ STS 43 Atlantis
NASA Kennedy Space Center FL
Ground crew and 5 astronauts are preparing for a July launch to
deploy the TDRS-E satellite and its Inertial Upper Stage. For the
first time, abort software will be loaded and ready to run during
launch on Atlantis' new general purpose computers.
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# Soviet Spacewalks Planned
Low Earth Orbit
Cosmonauts Anatoly Artsebarsky and Sergei Krikalyev will make up to
8 EVA trips to shift solar panels in preparation for a Buran mission
to Mir 1 in late 1991 or early 1992. They will also deploy two small
satellites for upper atmosphere and crystal growth experiments.
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o Arianespace V 44 / ERS-1
Kourou, French Guiana
The European consortium plans an early July launch. Based on
previous flight observations and testing, officials decided to add a
pressure relief system to the third stage engine hydrogen feed line.
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+ Columbia Communications Corp
Honolulu HI
Is investigating potential satellite links with the Soviet Union.
President Clifford Laughton said the company recently completed a
series of coordination meetings with Soviet officials and is
continuing its consultations with Intelsat required under Article
14(c) of the Intelsat treaty.
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o India PSLV Testing
Mahendragiri
Engineers are examining data from a successful test firing of the
Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle second stage on 3 June. The engine,
which uses hydrazine and nitrogen tetraoxide developes 60 tons of
thrust at sea level with a specific impulse of 293 seconds.
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o Japan Satellite Message Planning
Tokyo
The new joint venture intends to use a Japan Communications
satellite to provide mobile message and positioning services.
Partners are C Itoh and Co (54 percent), Nippon Steel (41 percent),
and Qualcomm Inc, San Diego CA, (5 percent). Initial funding is 100
million yen (US$662,000).
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+ Texas Roundtables Unite
Houston TX
The Houston Space Business Roundtable is working with similar
organizations in Dallas, Austin, and San Antonio to form, jointly,
the Texas Space Business Roundtable. The new group intends to work
with the Texas Space Commission to enhance the state's space
constituency.
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o Aussat Contenders
Canberra, Australia
America's Bell South and Cable & Wireless PLC Ltd are bidding
against a second consortium of Bell Atlantic, Ameritech, and
Hutchison Whampoa to purchase the Australian telecommunications
firm. Tenders are expected to be called in July.
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+ New Solar System Theory
Boulder CO
Astrophysicist Alan Stern of the University of Colorado believes
Pluto and other outer solar system objects could be "relics" from a
time when 1,000 or more Pluto-sized planets existed. Astronomers say
the theory is worth considering.
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+ Lunar Footnote (Statistic)
6,759 days since Moon last visited by humans.
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o International Space Year 1992 (Quotation)
"The most important policy objective of the ISY . . . is to
instill a new Space Age frame of reference in the thoughts and
actions of governments and individuals."
-- The late U S Senator Spark M Matsunaga, Hawaii
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