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[Ed. Note: Go to http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/jsr/jsr.html for back issues and other information about Jonathan's Space Report.] Shuttle and MirColumbia landed on KSC's Runway 33 at 1046:34 UTC on Jul 17 closing out a successful mission STS-94. The deorbit burn was at 0944 UTC following payload bay door closing at around 0700 UTC. Discovery is now at pad 39A preparing for launch of STS-85. Mir lost power and attitude control on Jul 16 when a cable was accidentally disconnected, but the crew were able to use the Soyuz to reorient the station and restore the situation. It now looks like a spacewalk to reconnect the Spektr power cables will be delayed until the next Soyuz launch; researcher Leopold Eyharts of France's CNES has been bumped from the crew and will fly next year instead. The EO-24 crew will now be just commander Anatoliy Yakovlevich Solov'yov of the Russian Air Force and flight engineer Pavel Vinogradov from RKK Energiya. Solov'yov (no relation to flight director and former cosmonaut Vladimir Solov'yov who's been much in the news lately) was commander of Soyuz TM-5, Soyuz TM-9, and Soyuz TM-15, as well as a passenger on STS-71. He was commander of Mir for the EO-6, EO-12 and EO-19 missions, and commander of the Soviet-Bulgarian visiting crew on Soyuz TM-5. Vinogradov has not flown previously. Recent LaunchesIridium SV021 failed on orbit a few days after launch from Vandenberg. The other four satellites from the recent launch are operating correctly, but have not yet raised their orbits. Erratum: the Thor II comsat launch was on May 20, not May 21 as I had written in recent issues. Table of Recent Launches
Date UT Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL.
DES.
Jun 3 2321 Inmarsat 3 F4) Ariane 44L Kourou ELA2 Comsat 27A
Insat 2D ) Comsat 27B
Jun 6 1757 Kosmos-2344 Proton-K/DM-2M Baykonur LC200 Recon? 28A
Jun 10 1201 FY-2 Chang Zheng 3 Xichang Weather 29A
Jun 18 1402 Iridium SV009 ) Proton-K/DM-5 Baykonur Comsat 30D
Iridium SV010 ) Comsat 30C
Iridium SV011 ) Comsat 30G
Iridium SV012 ) Comsat 30B
Iridium SV013 ) Comsat 30E
Iridium SV014 ) Comsat 30A
Iridium SV016 ) Comsat 30F
Jun 25 2344 Intelsat 802 Ariane 44P Kourou ELA2 Comsat 31A
Jul 1 1802 Columbia ) Shuttle Kennedy LC39A Spaceship 32A
Spacelab MSL-1R )
Jul 5 0411 Progress M-35 Soyuz-U Baykonur LC1 Cargo 33A
Jul 6 0600 Sojourner - Sagan Station, Mars Rover
Jul 9 1304 Iridium SV015 ) Delta 7920 Vandenberg SLC2W Comsat 34A
Iridium SV017 ) Comsat 34B
Iridium SV018 ) Comsat 34C
Iridium SV020 ) Comsat 34D
Iridium SV021 ) Comsat 34E
Current Shuttle Processing Status
Orbiters Location Mission Launch Due
OV-102 Columbia OPF Bay 2 STS-87 Nov 19
OV-103 Discovery LC39A STS-85 Aug 7
OV-104 Atlantis OPF Bay 3 STS-86 Sep 18
OV-105 Endeavour OPF Bay 1 STS-89 Jan 15
MLP/SRB/ET/OV stacks
MLP1/
MLP2/RSRM-61 VAB Bay 1? STS-86
MLP3/RSRM-57/ET-87/OV-103 LC39A STS-85
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[Ed. Note: visit http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/ for the complete calendar] August 1997
Aug ?? - Apstar-2R Long March Launch
Aug ?? - Sinosat-1 Long March 3B Launch
* Aug ?? - Astra-1G Proton Launch
Aug 01 - Terriers/Mublcom Pegasus XL Launch
Aug 01 - Alpha Capricornids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 01 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Lunar Orbiter 5 Launch
Aug 03 - Mercury at Greatest Eastern Elongation (27 Degrees)
Aug 04 - Mars Pathfinder, End of Primary Mission
Aug 04 - Asteroid 2 Pallas Occults SAO 104597 (7.5 Magnitude Star)
Aug 04 - Asteroid 306 Unitas at Opposition (10.7 Magnitude)
Aug 05 - Soyuz TM-26 Launch (Russia)
* Aug 05 - US Air Force Titan 4A Launch
Aug 05 - Moon Occults Mercury
Aug 05 - Asteroid 67 Asia at Opposition (10.0 Magnitude)
Aug 06 - Southern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 07 - STS-85 Launch, Discovery, CRISTA-SPAS 2
* Aug 07 - Panamsat-6 Ariane 4 Launch
Aug 07 - Comet Gehrels 2 Perihelion (2.000 AU)
Aug 08 - Galileo, Jupiter Magnetotail Exploration
Aug 08 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #31 (OTM-31)
Aug 08 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Burnup of Salyut 5 Space Station (USSR)
Aug 09 - Jupiter at Opposition
Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), TOPEX/Poseidon Launch
Aug 10 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Kitsat A Launch, 1st Korean Satellite
Aug 10 - 25th Anniversary (1972), Observation of Only Known Meteor Known to Enter and
Leave Earth's Atmosphere (Utah, Canada)
Aug 11 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 3 Launch
Aug 11 - 120th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Deimos
Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower Peak
Aug 12 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna Occults PPM 206231 (8.9 Magnitude Star)
* Aug 12 - 20th Anniversary (1977), HEAO-1 Launch (X-Ray Astronomical Observatory)
Aug 12 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Vostok 4 Launch
* Aug 13 - NEAR, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #9 (TCM-9)
Aug 13 - 150th Anniversary (1847), Hind's Discovery of Asteroid 7 Iris
* Aug 14 - Iridium-3 Launch
Aug 15 - Comet Haneda-Campos Perihelion (1.267 AU)
Aug 15 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 158218 (8.6 Magnitude Star)
Aug 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 158243 (9.2 Magnitude Star)
Aug 17 - Comets-1 H-II Launch (Japan)
Aug 17 - 120th Anniversary (1877), Asaph Hall's Discovery of Mars Moon Phobos
Aug 19 - 15th Anniversary (1982), Soyuz T-7 Launch (USSR)
Aug 20 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 2 Launch
Aug 21 - ACE Delta-2 Launch
* Aug 21 - Forte Pegasus XL Launch
Aug 21 - Moon Passes 0.008 Degress South of Saturn
Aug 22 - Moon Occults Saturn
Aug 22 - Asteroid 5 Astraea at Opposition (11.0 Magnitude)
Aug 23 - Asteroid 19 Fortuna at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude)
Aug 24 - Asteroid 138 Tolosa at Opposition (10.6 Magnitude)
Aug 25 - Mars Global Surveyor, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #4 (TCM-4)
Aug 25 - Northern Iota Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
* Aug 27 - GE-3 Atlas IIAS Launch (Maiden Launch of the Atlas IIAS)
Aug 27 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Mariner 2 Launch (Venus Flyby Mission)
* Aug 28 - Progress M-37 Launch (Russia)
Aug 28 - Asteroid 1986 PA Near-Earth Flyby (0.2061 AU)
* Aug 29 - Hot Bird-3/Indostar-1 Ariane 4 Launch
Aug 30 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion (0.997 AU)
Aug 30 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Discovery of 1992 QB1 by
David Jewitt and Jane Luu, First Kuiper Belt Object
September 1997Sep ?? - Sky One Proton Launch Sep ?? - Ariane-502 Launch * Sep ?? - Echostar-3 Atlas-2AS Launch Sep 01 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Issue of Theodore Von Karman Stamp Sep 02 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible From Australia & New Zealand Sep 04 - Asteroid 1 Ceres at Opposition (7.7 Magnitude) Sep 05 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Voyager 1 Launch Sep 06 - Asteroid 258 Tyche at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude) Sep 08 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Surveyor 5 Launch (Moon Lander) Sep 09 - 105th Anniversary (1892), Edward Barnard's Discovery of Jupiter Moon Amalthea * Sep 10 - NEAR, Thruster Calibration (CAL-1) Sep 10 - Asteroid 130 Elektra at Opposition (10.5 Magnitude) Sep 12 - Mars Global Surveyor, Mars Orbit Insertion Sep 12 - 5th Anniversary (1992), STS-47 Launch (Endeavour), 1st Japanese Spacelab Sep 13 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #32 (OTM-32) Sep 15 - GFO-1 Taurus Launch Sep 15 - Asteroid 70 Panopaea at Opposition (10.8 Magnitude) Sep 16 - Lunar Eclipse, Visible from the Eastern Hemisphere Sep 16 - Closest Full Moon of 1997 (356,966 km) * Sep 16 - Comet 1997 G1 (Montani) Perihelion (4.300 AU) Sep 16 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (18 Degrees) Sep 16 - Asteroid 40 Harmonia at Opposition (9.4 Magnitude) Sep 16 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 159135 (8.9 Magnitude Star) Sep 17 - Galileo, 3rd Callisto Flyby (Orbit 10) Sep 17 - Asteroid 52 Europa at Opposition (10.9 Magnitude) Sep 17 - Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's 140th Birthday (1857) Sep 18 - STS-86 Launch, Atlantis, 7th Shuttle-Mir Mission, Logitics Module * Sep 18 - Intelsat 803 Ariane 4 Launch Sep 18 - Moon Occults Saturn Sep 18 - Asteroid 27 Euterpe Occults PPM 094351 (9.3 Magnitude Star) Sep 18 - Asteroid 532 Herculina Occults SAO 187475 (9.4 Magnitude Star) Sep 20 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #33 (OTM-33) Sep 20 - Progress M-38 Launch (Russia) Sep 21 - Mars Global Surveyor, Aerobraking Begins Sep 21 - Possible Mars Occultation of SAO 159278 (9.2 Magnitude Star) Sep 22 - Lunar Prospector LMLV-2 Launch (Moon Orbiter) Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox (23:56 UT) * Sep 25 - Iridium-4 Launch Sep 25 - 5th Anniversary (1992), Mars Observer Launch Sep 26 - Asteroid Ra-Shalom Near-Earth Flyby (0.1705 AU) Sep 27 - Asteroid 8 Flora at Opposition (8.1 Magnitude) Sep 29 - Comet Wolf-Harrington Perihelion (1.582 AU) Sep 29 - 20th Anniversary (1977), Salyut 6 Space Station Launch (USSR) Sep 29 - 35th Anniversary (1962), Alouette 1 Launch, 1st Canadian Satellite |
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