steve@jplgodo.UUCP (Steve Schlaifer x3171 156/224) (01/14/86)
The following is taken from Science News, vol. 129 Date Mission Description Jan 6 Shuttle mission 61-C (Columbia) Satcom Ku-1 Communications satellite (RCA) MSL-2 Materials Science Laboratory (NASA) CHAMP Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program Jan 23 Shuttle mission 51-L (Challenger) Spartan-Halley molecule-searce, UV spectral monitoring TDRS-B Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (NASA) CHAMP Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program TIS Teacher-in-Space equipment March 6 Shuttle mission 61-E (Columbia) ASTRO-1 ultraviolet astronomy telescope CHAMP Comet Halley Active Monitoring Program March NOAA-G weather and search-and-rescue satellite (NOAA) May GOES-G weather satellite (NOAA) May 15 Shuttle mission 61-F (Challenger) Ulysses solar polar flyby (European Space Agency) May 20 Shuttle mission 61-G (Atlantis) Galileo Jupiter orbiter-and-probe (NASA) June 24 Shuttle mission 61-H (Columbia) Westar VI-S communications satellite (Western Union) Palapa B-3 communications satellite (Indonesia) Skynet 4A communications satellite (U.K.) July FLTSATCOM-F communications satellite (USN) July Navy 23 navigation satellite (USN) July Shuttle mission 62-A (Discovery) DOD mission; 1st West Coast launch; Teal Ruby polar orbit July 22 Shuttle mission 61-M (Challenger) EOS-1 Electrophoresis Operation in Space (McD.-D.) TDRS-C Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (NASA) August AF-21 USAF payload Aug 18 Shuttle mission 61-J (Atlantis) Hubble Space Telescope astronomy from earth-orbit August DOD-1 Defense Department mission Sept 4 Shuttle mission 61-N (Columbia) DOD mission classified payload Sept 27 Shuttle mission 61-I (Challenger) LDEF-1 retrieval Long-Duration Exposure Facility retrieval INSAT 1-C communications satellite (India) Sept 29 Shuttle mission 62-B (Discovery) DOD mission classified payload; polar orbit October San Marco DL atmosphere-studies satellite (Italy/U.S.) October GOES-H weather satellite (NOAA) Oct 27 Shuttle mission 61-K (Atlantis) Environmental Obs. Mission solar variability studies (NASA) Nov 6 Shuttle mission 61-L (Columbia) MSL-3 Materials Science Laboratory (NASA) GSTAR-III communications satellite (GTE) Syncom IV-5 communications satellite (Hughes) November AF-17 USAF payload November FLTSATCOM-G communications satellite (USN) Dec 6 Shuttle mission 71-B (Challenger) DOD mission classified payload Shuttle missions are designated by a three letter code (e.g. 61-C). The first numeral is the last digit of the fiscal year (1986); the second the launch site (1 is Kennedy Space Center, 2 is Vandenburg). The letter is the mission's originally scheduled position in the sequence of launches for the fiscal year. Where only the month is listed, specific dates have not been established. Listed dates are subject to change as well.