mcdowell@cfa250.harvard.edu (Jonathan McDowell) (03/14/89)
Jonathan's Space Report Mar 14, 1989 (No. 7) Space Shuttle Mission STS-29 was launched on Mar 13 at 1457 UT from Launch Complex 39-B, Kennedy Space Center. Orbiter OV-103 'Discovery' is carrying out experiments on the effects of free fall on living organisms, and testing components being designed for use on the Space Station. The TDRS-4 Tracking and Data Relay Satellite, owned by Contel, Inc., was launched by IUS rocket yesterday from low earth orbit after it was deployed from the cargo bay of the spaceship Discovery. The TDRS satellite will enter geostationary orbit and replace TDRS-1 as the TDRS EAST satellite. Other events: (Source: NASA Two Line Orbital Elements and SPACEWARN) Kosmos-2005 was launched on Mar 3 by Soyuz rocket from Plesetsk. It is a Soviet Military Intelligence (GRU) advanced reconnaissance satellite. The Kosmos-2000 mapping satellite and the Kosmos-2003 spy satellite have completed their missions and landed in Kazakhstan, USSR. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) 1989 Jonathan McDowell, all rights reserved ---------------------------------------------------------------------------