From: baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke)
Subject: Space Calendar - 04/27/93
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     The Space Calendar is updated monthly and the latest copy is available
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corrections to Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov).  Note that launch
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     The following person made contributions to this month's calendar:

        o Dennis Newkirk - Soyuz TM-18 Launch Date (Dec 1993).


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                               SPACE CALENDAR
                               April 27, 1993
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* indicates change from last month's calendar

April 1993
* Apr 29 - Astra 1C Ariane Launch

May 1993
  May ?? - Advanced Photovoltaic Electronics Experiment (APEX) Pegasus Launch
  May ?? - Radcal Scout Launch
  May ?? - GPS/PMQ Delta II Launch
* May ?? - Commercial Experiment Transporter (COMET) Conestoga Launch
* May 01 - Astronomy Day
* May 01-2 - Iapetus/Saturn Eclipse
  May 04 - Galileo Enters Asteroid Belt Again
  May 04 - Eta Aquarid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 21:00 UT, Solar Lon: 44.5 deg)
* May 13 - Air Force Titan 4 Launch
* May 18 - STS-57, Endeavour, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA-1R)
* May 20 - 15th Anniversary, Pioneer Venus Orbiter Launch
  May 21 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible from North America & Northern Europe
  May 25 - Magellan, Aerobraking Begins

June 1993
  Jun ?? - Temisat Meteor 2 Launch
  Jun ?? - UHF-2 Atlas Launch
  Jun ?? - NOAA-I Atlas Launch
  Jun ?? - First Test Flight of the Delta Clipper (DC-X), Unmanned
  Jun ?? - Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B Ariane Launch
  Jun 04 - Lunar Eclipse, Visible from North America
  Jun 14 - Sakigake, 2nd Earth Flyby (Japan)
  Jun 22 - 15th Anniversary of Charon Discovery (Pluto's Moon) by Christy
  Jun 30 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology Satellite

July 1993
  Jul ?? - MSTI-II Scout Launch
  Jul ?? - Galaxy 4 Ariane Launch
  Jul 01 - Soyuz Launch (Soviet)
  Jul 08 - Soyuz Launch (Soviet)
  Jul 14 - Soyuz TM-16 Landing (Soviet)
* Jul 20-21 - Iapetus/Saturn Eclipse
  Jul 21 - Soyuz TM-17 Landing (Soviet)
  Jul 28 - S. Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 19:00 UT,
           Solar Longitude 125.8 degrees)
  Jul 29 - NASA's 35th Birthday

August 1993
  Aug ?? - ETS-VI (Engineering Test Satellite) H2 Launch (Japan)
  Aug ?? - GEOS-J Launch
  Aug ?? - Landsat 6 Launch
  Aug ?? - ORBCOM FDM Pegasus Launch
* Aug 08 - 15th Anniversary, Pioneer Venus 2 Launch (Atmospheric Probes)
  Aug 09 - Mars Observer, 4th Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-4)
  Aug 12 - N. Delta Aquarids Meteor Shower (Maximum: 07:00 UT,
           Solar Longitude 139.7 degrees)
  Aug 12 - Perseid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 15:00 UT,
           Solar Longitude 140.1 degrees)
  Aug 24 - Mars Observer, Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI)
  Aug 25 - STS-58, Columbia, Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2)
  Aug 28 - Galileo, Asteroid Ida Flyby

September 1993
  Sep ?? - SPOT-3 Ariane Launch
  Sep ?? - Tubsat Launch
  Sep ?? - Seastar Pegasus Launch

October 1993
  Oct ?? - Intelsat 7 F1 Ariane Launch
  Oct ?? - SLV-1 Pegasus Launch
  Oct ?? - Telstar 4 Atlas Launch
  Oct 01 - SeaWIFS Launch
  Oct 22 - Orionid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 00:00 UT, Solar Longitude
           208.7 degrees)

November 1993
  Nov ?? - Solidaridad/MOP-3 Ariane Launch
  Nov 03 - 20th Anniversary, Mariner 10 Launch (Mercury & Venus Flyby Mission)
  Nov 03 - S. Taurid Meteor Shower
  Nov 04 - Galileo Exits Asteroid Belt
  Nov 06 - Mercury Transits Across the Sun, Visible from Asia, Australia, and
           the South Pacific
* Nov 08 - Mars Observer, Mapping Orbit Established
  Nov 10 - STS-60, Discovery, SPACEHAB-2
  Nov 13 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible from Southern Hemisphere
  Nov 15 - Wilhelm Herschel's 255th Birthday
  Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower (Maximum: 13:00 UT, Solar Longitude
           235.3 degrees)
* Nov 22 - Mars Observer, Mapping Begins
  Nov 28-29 - Total Lunar Eclipse, Visible from North America & South America

December 1993
  Dec ?? - GOES-I Atlas Launch
  Dec ?? - NATO 4B Delta Launch
  Dec ?? - TOMS Pegasus Launch
  Dec ?? - DirectTv 1 & Thiacom 1 Ariane Launch
  Dec ?? - ISTP Wind Delta-2 Launch
  Dec ?? - STEP-2 Pegasus Launch
* Dec ?? - Soyuz TM-18 Launch (Soviet)
  Dec 02 - STS-61, Endeavour, Hubble Space Telescope Repair
  Dec 04 - SPEKTR-R Launch (Soviet)
* Dec 05 - 20th Anniversary, Pioneer 10 Jupiter Flyby
  Dec 08 - Mars Observer, Mars Equinox
  Dec 14 - Geminids Meteor Shower (Maximum: 00:00 UT,
           Solar Longitude 262.1 degrees)
  Dec 20 - Mars Observer, Solar Conjunction Begins
  Dec 23 - Ursids Meteor Shower (Maximum: 01:00 UT,
           Solar Longitude 271.3 degrees)

January 1994
  Jan 03 - Mars Observer, End of Solar Conjunction
  Jan 24 - Clementine Titan IIG Launch (Lunar Orbiter, Asteroid Flyby Mission)

February 1994
  Feb ?? - SFU Launch
  Feb ?? - GMS-5 Launch
  Feb 05 - 20th Anniversary, Mariner 10 Venus Flyby
  Feb 08 - STS-62, Columbia, U.S. Microgravity Payload (USMP-2)
  Feb 15 - Galileo's 430th Birthday
  Feb 21 - Clementine, Lunar Orbit Insertion
  Feb 25 - 25th Anniversary, Mariner 6 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)

March 1994
  Mar ?? - TC-2C Launch
  Mar 05 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 1 Jupiter flyby
  Mar 14 - Albert Einstein's 115th Birthday
  Mar 27 - 25th Anniversary, Mariner 7 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)
  Mar 29 - 20th Anniversary, Mariner 10, 1st Mercury Flyby
* Mar 31 - Galaxy 1R Delta 2 Launch

April 1994
* Apr ?? - Equator S Scout Launch
* Apr 04 - Mars Observer, Perihelion
* Apr 14 - STS-59, Atlantis, SRL-1
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