[net.columbia] 1986 NASA Launch Schedule

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.