leech@luther.cs.unc.edu (01/25/89)
I extracted the science payloads from the "Mixed Fleet Manifest" which
Peter Yee posted and reformatted in 80 columns, for those of you who don't
want to read through all 3500 lines of the manifest. They're sorted by flight
date, then requested launch date if one hasn't been assigned yet.
The '**' means "For NASA Planning Purposes" (missions that haven't been
funded).
[Editorial comment: we can tell how seriously NASA takes the mixed fleet
concept. 65 shuttle flights and only 29 ELVs planned up to 1994, and
that's before they attempt to build space station using the shuttle.]
| PAYLOAD | CARRIER |REQUEST DATE|FLIGHT DATE| TYPE/CLASS
| MAGELLAN | IUS | 89 04 | 89 04 28 | SHUTTLE
| COBE | N/A | 89 06 | 89 06 | DELTA
| GALILEO | IUS | 89 10 | 89 10 12 | SHUTTLE
| HST | | 89 06 | 89 12 11 | SHUTTLE
| HST | | 89 06 | 89 12 11 | SHUTTLE
| HST | | 89 06 | 89 12 11 | SHUTTLE
| ROSAT | N/A | 90 02 | 90 02 | DELTA
| GRO | UNIQUE | 90 01 | 90 04 7 | SHUTTLE
| ULYSSES | IUS/PAM | 90 10 | 90 10 5 | SHUTTLE
| EUVE | N/A | 91 08 | 91 08 | DELTA
| UARS | | 90 10 | 91 10 10 | SHUTTLE
| SMALL EXPL-01 | N/A | 91 12 | 91 12 | SCOUT
| SRL-01 | PALLET+MPESS | 91 07 | 92 05 7 | SHUTTLE
| SMALL EXPL-02 | N/A | 92 06 | 92 06 | SCOUT
| SPARTAN-02 | MPESS | 89 01 | 92 06 11 | SHUTTLE
| MARS OBSERVER | TOS | 92 09 | 92 09 | TITAN III
| SHEAL | UNIQUE/TAPS | 91 05 | 92 09 3 | SHUTTLE
| SRL-02 | PALLET+MPESS | 92 11 | 93 02 11 | SHUTTLE
| XTE | FSS | 93 11 | 94 01 13 | SHUTTLE
| HST-REV | PALLET+FSS | 93 06 | 94 03 24 | SHUTTLE
| HST-REV | PALLET+FSS | 93 06 | 94 03 24 | SHUTTLE
| HST-REV | PALLET+FSS | 93 06 | 94 03 24 | SHUTTLE
| RADARSAT** | TBD | 94 06 | 94 06 | MEDIUM**
| SRL-03 | PALLET+MPESS | 95 04 | 94 09 22 | SHUTTLE
| SOHO | N/A | 95 03 | | TBD
| CRAF | CENTAUR** | 95 08 | | TITAN IV**
| LUNAR OBSERVER** | TBD | 95 10 | | INTERMEDIATE**
| OSL** | TBD | 95 10 | | MEDIUM**
| CASSINI | CENTAUR** | 96 04 | | TITAN IV**
| PO** | TBD | 96 06 | | INTERMEDIATE**
| HST-REVISIT-02 | PALLET+FSS | 97 01 | | SHUTTLE
CASSINI Cassini
Saturn Orbiter/Titan Probe complements CRAF mission. Advance the knowledge
of early history of the solar system through the study of physically and
chemically primitive objects. Includes a rendevous with Saturn to study
the planet, its rings, and its moons.
COBE Cosmic Background Explorer
Determine the spectrum anistropy of cosmic microwave background.
CRAF Comet Rendevous Asteroid Fly-by
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.
EUVE Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer
Produce definitive sky map and catalog of extreme ultraviolet portion of
electromagnetic spectrum (100-1000 angstroms).
GALILEO GALILEO
Investigates the chemical compostion and physical state of Jupiter's
atmosphere and satellites.
GRO Gamma Ray Observatory
Investigate extraterrestrial gamma-ray sources.
HEAO High Energy Astronomical Observatory
Satellite to study energetic radiation from space.
HST Hubble Space Telescope
Observes the universe to gain information about its origin, evolution and
disposition of stars, galaxies, etc.
HST-R Hubble Space Telescope-Revisit
Revisit mission to the Hubble Space Telescope to replace either science
instruments orother orbital replacement units (ORU's).
LO Lunar Observer
Geological, elemental, gravity, and magnetic field mapping of moon.
MAGELLAN Magellan
Spacecraft designed to globally map the surface of Venus.
MO Mars Observer
Spacecraft to study Mars' surface, climate, gravitational, and magnetic
fields.
OSL Orbiting Solar Laboratory
Will provide detailed data on our nearest star, the sun, to augment our
studies of distant stars and cosmic processes.
PO Planetary Observer
Spacecraft to study Martian upper atmosphere and ionosphere.
RADARSAT Radar Satellite
Remote free flyer sensing satellite will monitor land, sea and ice for
five years over the poles (U.S./Canadian/U.K.).
ROSAT Roentgen Satellite
NASA/West German cooperative satellite for studying X-Rays.
SHEAL Shuttle High Energy Astrophysics Laboratory
Obtains images, spectra and timing data on celestial x-ray sources and the
spectrum at the 30 ft. X-ray background.
SIRTF Space Infrared Telescope Facility
Will span the infrared part of the spectrum with a thousand- fold increase
in sensitivity.
SMALL EXPL Small Explorer
Payloads being designed to fly on Small Class ELV.
SOHO Solar Heliospheric Observatory
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.
SPARTAN-02
Solar observing Spartan mission.
SRL Space Radar Laboratory
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.
UARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite
Satellite to study physical processes acting within and upon the
stratosphere, mesosphere, and lower thermosphere.
ULYSSES Formerly ISPM (International Solar Polar Mission)
Investigates the properties of the heliosphere (sun and its environment).
XTE X-Ray Timing Explorer
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.
--
Jon Leech (leech@cs.unc.edu) __@/
``The experiment must be wrong'' - Richard Feynman (as quoted by
Eugen Merzbacher), upon hearing that experimental data did not
agree with theoretical predictions. Feynman was correct :-)hjh@hpldola.HP.COM (Heather Hubbard) (01/28/89)
Thanks for posting this summary. Heather Hubbard