keithl (11/09/82)
Someone expressed interest in the schedule for the shuttles. The following
schedule is culled from the November issues of Space World and Astronautics&
Aeronautics. Much more information there...
Shuttle Flights:
# OV- Crew Comments
5 102 11/11-15/82 4 Comsats; SBS-C and Telesat E, EVA
6 99 1/20-23/83 4 TDRS-A, CFES Electrophoresis System
first flight Challenger, light ext. tank, 104% thrust
7 99 4/20-26/83 4 satellites, CFES, Sally Ride first US fem. in space
8 99 7/ 4- 7/83 4 satellites, CFES, 109% thrust, high perf. solids
9 99 10/ 1- 8/83 6 Spacelab
10 99 12/14- ?/83 ? DOD, Teal Ruby Sat.
11 102 1/29-2/5/84
12 103 3/18-23/84 first flight Discovery
13 99 4/17-22/84 Solar Max rescue, Long Dur. Exposure Facility(LDEF)
14 102 5/17-22/84
15 103 6/12-15/84
16 99 7/ 8- ?/84 ? DOD
17 102 8/ 3-10/84
18 103 8/28-9/2/84
19 99 9/23-10/1/84 Spacelab
20 102 10/18-25/84
21 103 11/13-20/84 Spacelab
22 99 12/ 9- ?/84 DOD
23 102 1/ 9-16/85
24 103 2/ 2- ?/85 DOD
25 99 2/28-3/3/85 Space Telescope, Retreive LDEF
26 102 4/ 1- 6/85
27 99 5/ 1- 3/85 Galileo
28 104 5/29-6/5/85 Large Structures Test, first flight Atlantis
29 102 6/25-7/2/85 Spacelab
30 99 7/23-28/85
31 104 8/17-? /85 DOD
32 102 9/14-21/85
Keith Lofstrom
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ARPAnet:tekcad!keithl.tek@udel-relayheliotis (11/15/82)
Does anyone know when a ship other than Columbia will first be used?
sjb (11/16/82)
Challenger will make its debut flight in January, 1983. Discovery will be unveiled in December, 1983, and will fly sometime early in 1984. Atlantis will roll out in December, 1984, and will fly sometime in 1985.
CSvax:sbm (11/16/82)
Might I suggest that questions and information pertaining to
the space shuttle be posted to net.columbia? After all, that is
what that news group is for, and the question about shuttles
other than the Columbia has already been answered there in
articles posted in the past few weeks.
Steven Munson
Purdue University