Here's the latest Space Calendar showing events for the coming year. If
you know of any space-related events that should be in the calendar, or see
anything that is out-of-date, then let me know and I'll make the appropriate
change. Note that launch dates are subject to change.
The following people made contributions to this month's calendar:
o Steven Pietrobon - Galaxy 7, Superbird D, Galaxy 8 and AUSROC II
launch dates
o Frank Knight - ALEXIS and APEX launch dates.
o Al DiCanzio - Isaac Newton's birthday
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SPACE CALENDAR
June 29, 1992
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* indicates change from last month's calendar
1992
July
*?? - AUSROC II Launch
01 - Pioneer Venus, Entry Phase Begins
*02 - SAMPEX Scout Launch
*06 - Galileo, Cooling Turn #6A
*09 - Eutelsat II F-4 Ariane Launch
10 - Giotto, Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Flyby
*16 - STS-46, Atlantis, Tethered Satellite System (TSS)
*16-24 - Spaceweek 1992
20 - Galileo, Warm/Cool Turn #7
*21 - ISTP Geotail Launch
22 - Comet Grigg-Skjellerup Perihelion
26 - Soyuz TM-15/Antares Launch
*28 - ALEXIS Pegasus Launch
30 - Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower
31 - MSTI Scout Launch
31 - Consort 5 Starfire Launch
August
*04-7 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-14)
06 - Galaxy 1R Launch
09 - Soyuz TM-14 Return to Earth
*10 - TOPEX/Poseidon Ariane Launch
11-13 Perseid Meteor Shower
20 - Hipasat 1 Ariane Launch
20 - Optus B1 Long March Launch (China)
20 - GE Satcom C4 Delta Launch
20 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 2 Launch (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
27 - 30th Anniversary, Mariner 2 Launch (Venus Flyby Mission)
27-31 - SEDS International Conference, Washington D.C.
28-05 - World Space Congress, Washington D.C.
September
*?? - Galaxy 7 Ariane Launch
05 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 1 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
07 - Ulysses, 2nd Conjunction
08 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 5 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
*11 - STS-47, Endeavour, SpaceLab Japan (SL-J)
*14 - DFS-3/Kopernikus Delta Launch
16 - Mars Observer Titan III Launch
*16 - Magellan, Cycle 4 Begins
24 - Comet 1 Conestoga Launch
24 - SCD-1 Pegasus Launch
October
?? - 500th Anniversary of Columbus discovering America
?? - UFO Atlas Launch
01 - Mars Observer, 1st Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-1)
04 - 35th Anniversary, Sputnik Launch
05 - Progress Launch (Soviet)
09 - Draconid Meteor Shower
12 - SETI Scanning Begins
*15 - STS-52, Columbia, Laser Geodynamics Satellite (LAGEOS-II)
15 - Eutelsat II F-5 Ariane Launch
15 - Freja Long March Launch (Sweden/China)
20 - Orionid Meteor Shower
November
*?? - Superbird D Ariane Launch
*05 - STS-53, Discovery, Department of Defense (DOD)
07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
09 - Taurid Meteor Shower
16 - Leonid Meteor Shower
25-27 Andromedid Meteor Shower
December
?? - Pioneer Venus Burnup?
*?? - Galaxy 8 Ariane Launch
01 - GOES-I Atlas 1 Launch
08 - Galileo, Earth Flyby
08 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, Near Earth Flyby (.025 AU)
10 - Lunar Eclipse
13 - Geminid Meteor Shower
14 - 30th Anniversary, Mariner 2 Venus Flyby (1st Flyby of Another Planet)
*15 - STS-54, Endeavour, TDRS-F
19 - 20 years since man has been to the Moon (Apollo 17)
22 - Ursid Meteor Shower
*25 - Isaac Newton's 350th birthday (or January 4)
1993
January
03 - Mars Observer, High Gain Antenna Deployment
07 - Mars Observer, 2nd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-2)
07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
15 - Eutelsat II F-6 Launch
27 - STS-55, Columbia, Spacelab Germany (SL-D2)
February
?? - Hispasat 2 Launch
01 - 35th Anniversary, Explorer 1 Launch (1st U.S. Satellite)
06 - Astro-D Launch (US/Japan)
07 - Mars Observer, 3rd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-3)
*15 - Advanced Photovoltaic Electronics Experiment (APEX) Pegasus Launch
18 - Jules Verne's 165th Birthday
22 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology Satellite(ACTS)
March
?? - SPOT-C Launch
?? - Radcal Scout Launch
03 - Ulysses, 3rd Opposition
23 - STS-56, Endeavour, ATLAS-2
April
06 - 20th Anniversary, Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
22 - STS-57, Atlantis, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA-1R)
May
04 - Galileo Enters Asteroid Belt Again
15 - Magellan, End of Mission?
June
*?? - SWAS Launch
*04 - Lunar Eclipse
*14 - Sakigake, 2nd Earth Flyby (Japan)
*22 - 15th Anniversary of Charon Discovery (Pluto's Moon) by Christy
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