philb@shark.UUCP (Phil Biehl) (01/05/84)
From December 19, 1983 AW&ST: 1984 SPACE SHUTTLE LAUNCH SCHEDULE ---------------------------------- Launch NASA Crew Duration Date Designation Size (days) Orbiter Payload ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jan. 30 41-B 5 8 Challenger Manned Maneuvering unit flights, rendezvous ballon deployment, Palapa B-2 Indoesian communications satellite, Western Union Westar 6 Communications satellite, West German SPAS (shuttle pallet satellite) Apr. 4 41-C 5 6 Challenger Long-Duration Exposure Facility, Repair of Solar Maximum Mission (SMM) satellite June 4 41-D 6 7 Discovery Office of Aeronautics and Space Technology Satellite (OAST-1), Large Format Camera, Hughes Syncom 4-1 (Leasat), Telesat of Canada Anik communications satellite July 14 41-E - - Challenger Defense Dept. Aug. 9 41-F 5 7 Discovery Shuttle-pointed autonomous research tool for astronomy (Spartan-1), Satellite Business Systems SBS-D communications satellite, AT&T Telstar 3C communications satellite Syncom 4-2 Aug. 30 41-G 5 10 Columbia Office of Space and Terrestrial Application Satellite (OSTA-3), Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS) Sept. 28 41-H - - Challenger Defense Dept. Oct. 24 51-A 6 6 Discovery Materials Science Lab (MSL-1), Anik, Gas Bridge (Fluid Transfer Experiment) Nov.21 51-B 7 7 Challenger Spacelab 3 Dec. 17 51-C 5 7 Discovery Tracking and Data Relay Satellite (TDRS-B), Materials Science Lab (MSL-2) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Space shuttle launch schedule for 1984 reflects rapid buildup in the launch rate. In the National Aeronautics and Space Administration designation, the numbers 4 and 5 indicate fiscal year, 1 indicates Kennedy Space Center and letters show launch sequence. Phil Biehl Tektronix