rjnoe@riccb.UUCP (Roger J. Noe) (12/04/85)
> I'm trying to find out the launch schedule for the Space Shuttle > through next summer. > Jonathan Welch (Welch@UMass.Bitnet) Extremely subject to change, here's what I've got. If anyone else knows different, I'd like to hear about it. mission 24/61-C 12/18/85 (launch date) mission 25/51-L 01/20/86 mission 26/61-E 03/06/86 mission 27/61-F 05/15/86 (Ulysses) mission 28/61-G 05/21/86 (Galileo) mission 29/61-H 06/??/86 mission 30/61-M 07/??/86 mission 31/62-A 07/??/86 (Polar orbit, VAFB launch, Teal Ruby) mission 32/61-J 08/08/86 (Hubble telescope) Note that it becomes pretty unpredictable as to order of missions once 62-A creeps in there. The current delay at Vandenberg is for further testing of cryogenic fuel handling systems. They want to be VERY sure things are working properly with all that liquid hydrogen, oxygen, hydrazine and N2O4 they've got to handle for a shuttle launch. -- Roger Noe ihnp4!riccb!rjnoe