steven@dante.helios.nd.edu (11/16/90)
There have been some requests in sci.space.shuttle for a space shuttle launch manifest. NASA is preparing one at the moment, but in the mean time, readers may find this unofficial manifest I have prepared useful. This manifest makes use of an older manifest issued earlier in the year as well as any other information I have been able to gleen from Aviation Week and Space Technology, Flight International, sci.space and sci.space.shuttle. I would say that the manifest is reliable up to STS-40 (and even then I could be wrong). Poor STS-37 has been bumped so many times that NASA may decide to fly it in the May slot. However, STS-43 carries a high priority TDRS satellite so GRO will probably have to wait. Columbia is scheduled for about a years worth of maintenance after its April flight. I have assumed that NASA will delay STS-42 (IML-1) and STS-45 (ATLAS-1) until 1992 for flights on either Columbia (when it returns) or Endeavour (when it starts flying). Only Columbia and Endeavour are (will) be able to fly the 10 day missions originally scheduled for IML-1 and ATLAS-1. Alternatively, NASA may shorten these Spacelab missions to 7 or 8 days and fly them at the end of 1991. The launch dates I have given are from the earlier official manifest. Since there are only 7 launches in 1991 now (according to AW&ST) instead of 8, the launch dates in 1991 are likely to spread out. STS Date Orbiter Payload ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 12 Dec. 90 Columbia ASTRO-1, BBXRT-1 (Broad Band X-Ray Telescope) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 1 Feb. 91 Discovery CIRRIS (AFP-675), IBSS, STP-1 44 4 Mar. 91 Atlantis DSP (DoD early warning satellite) 40 4 Apr. 91 Columbia SLS-1 (Spacelab Life Sciences) 43 16 May 91 Discovery TDRS-E (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) 37 17 Jun. 91 Atlantis GRO (Gamma Ray Observatory) 46 22 Aug. 91 Discovery TSS-1, EURECA-1 (European Retrievable Carrier) 47 30 Sep. 91 Atlantis SL-J (Spacelab Japan) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASTRO Ultraviolet Astronomy ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science CIRRIS Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle DSP Defence Support Program IBSS Infrared Background Signature Survey IML International Microgravity Laboratory STP ?? TSS Tethered Satellite System -- Steven Pietrobon, steven@ndsun.ee.nd.edu Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney) (11/17/90)
In article <1990Nov16.151455.20484@news.nd.edu>, steven@dante.helios.nd.edu writes: >STS Date Orbiter Payload >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 35 12 Dec. 90 Columbia ASTRO-1, BBXRT-1 (Broad Band X-Ray Telescope) >------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 39 1 Feb. 91 Discovery CIRRIS (AFP-675), IBSS, STP-1 > 44 4 Mar. 91 Atlantis DSP (DoD early warning satellite) Are you sure about this one? Oh, I guess it just won't be "classified." Dan the Man and the evening news media was hyping how yesterday Atlantis launch was the last DoD flight, and Defense was finished with the Shuttle.
goletz@netcom.UUCP (Eddie Goletz) (11/19/90)
>>STS Date Orbiter Payload >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 35 12 Dec. 90 Columbia ASTRO-1, BBXRT-1 (Broad Band X-Ray Telescope) >>------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 39 1 Feb. 91 Discovery CIRRIS (AFP-675), IBSS, STP-1 >> 44 4 Mar. 91 Atlantis DSP (DoD early warning satellite) > >Are you sure about this one? Oh, I guess it just won't be "classified." Dan the >Man and the evening news media was hyping how yesterday Atlantis launch was >the last DoD flight, and Defense was finished with the Shuttle. STS-38 is the last "secure" DoD flight. JSC needs some room for their space station control room and they can't afford the upkeep on the secure control room (I think I heard a number of $60 million a year, but that was just a rumor.) They asked the DoD if they would pay for the upkeep. They said no. Therefore, the secure control room will be ripped out after this flight and replaced with a space station control room. There will be more DoD flights, they just wont be "secure." An example would be STS-44. This used to be a very secret hush hush DoD flight. However, because the secure control room wont be there, most of that mission became unclassified a few months ago. By the way, I think STS-44 is now in July and STS-43 is now in August, or is that vice versa? I don't have the dates in front of me at the moment. Eddie Goletz netcom!goletz@apple.com
steven@dante.helios.nd.edu (11/26/90)
This Unofficial Space Shuttle Manifest is a combination of various manifests. Eddie Goletz (netcom!goletz@apple.com) provided me the dates for the first seven flights to Oct. 91. This information is from a NASA document dated 16 Nov. 1990 (this document is not for public distribution, but shuttle launch information can be taken off them). This manifest lists 30 Nov. 90 as the date for STS-35. I have change this date to 10 Dec. 90 based on information from Aviation Week and Space Technology (I think!). The dates from STS-42 to STS-50 are from the manifest that Ken Hollis (gandalf@pro-canaveral.cts.com) recently posted from an older manifest (dated 25 Oct. 90). I have changed the date of STS-42 from 30 Sep. 91 to 25 Nov. 91 to reflect the later launch date of STS-48. AW&ST reports though that there may be only six flights next year, so STS-42 may be delayed to 1992. The rest of the manifest is pure speculation on my part and is based on the old Jan. 1990 manifest. I would like to thank Joseph Fedock (techpubs@prc.unisys.com) for telling me what STP stands for (although I now have two new acronyms which I don't know about!). STS Date Orbiter Payload ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 10 Dec. 90 Columbia ASTRO-1, BBXRT-1 (Broad Band X-Ray Telescope) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 39 26 Feb. 91 Discovery CIRRIS (AFP-675), IBSS, STP-1, MPEC 37 8 Apr. 91 Atlantis GRO (Gamma Ray Observatory) 40 6 May 91 Columbia SLS-1 (Spacelab Life Sciences), GAS Bridge 43 24 Jun. 91 Discovery TDRS-E (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) 44 2 Aug. 91 Atlantis DSP (Defence Support Program) 48 17 Oct. 91 Discovery UARS (Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite) 42 25 Nov. 91 Atlantis IML-1 (International Microgravity Laboratory) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 46 9 Jan. 92 Discovery TSS-1 (Tethered Satellite System), EURECA-1L 47 15 Feb. 92 Atlantis SL-J (Spacelab Japan) 49 9 Mar. 92 Endeavour Geostar-1, USMP-1, Intelsat VI recovery 50 30 Mar. 92 Columbia USML-1 (United States Microgravity Laboratory), EDO 51 28 May 92 Atlantis Starlab (DoD Spacelab) 45 18 Jun. 92 Endeavour ATLAS-1 52 16 Jul. 92 Columbia SL-D2 (Spacelab Germany) 53 6 Aug. 92 Discovery ACTS (Advanced Communications Technology Satellite) 54 3 Sep. 92 Atlantis LAGEOS II (Laser Geodynamics Satellite), EURECA-1R 55 30 Sep. 92 Endeavour Spacehab-1, SPAS-ORFEUS, Geostar-2 56 29 Oct. 92 Columbia SLS-2 (Space Life Sciences) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 57 28 Jan. 93 Discovery SRL-1 (Space Radar Laboratory) 58 25 Feb. 93 Endeavour TDRS-F (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite) 59 18 Mar. 93 Columbia IML-2 (International Microgravity Laboratory) 60 15 Apr. 93 Discovery ATLAS-2 61 6 May 93 Atlantis Spacehab-2, Geostar-3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASTRO Ultraviolet Astronomy ATLAS Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science CIRRIS Cryogenic Infrared Radiance Instrument for Shuttle EDO ?? EURECA European Retrievable Carrier GAS Get Away Special Geostar Interactive Radiodetermination Satellite IBSS Infrared Background Signature Survey MPEC ?? ORFEUS Orbiting and Retrievable Far and Extreme Ultraviolet Spectrometer SPAS Shuttle Pallet Satellite STP Space Test Program -- Steven Pietrobon, steven@ndsun.ee.nd.edu Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Indiana, USA
nickw@syma.sussex.ac.uk (Nick Watkins) (11/27/90)
From article <0093FCDC.FAD600C0@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU>, by sysmgr@KING.ENG.UMD.EDU (Doug Mohney): >> 44 4 Mar. 91 Atlantis DSP (DoD early warning satellite) > Are you sure about this one? Oh, I guess it just won't be "classified." Dan the You are right, it won't be. But if it were on a Titan IV it would be. And no, I'm not sure why, Nick --