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.