The Space Calendar is updated monthly and the latest copy is available
at ames.arc.nasa.gov in the /pub/SPACE/FAQ. Please send any updates or
corrections to Ron Baalke (baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov). Note that launch
dates are subject to change.
The following people made contributions to this month's calendar:
o Jeff Hagan - COMET launch is now in August 1993.
o Doug Ramsay - UHF-2 launch is now July 22, 1993.
o Frank Knight - APEX launch is now September 14, 1993. Also, Seastar
and SeaWIFS are the same mission, SeaWIFS is one of the
instruments on Seastar.
o Greg Bollendonk - STS-51 launch date is now July 15, 1993.
o Dennis Newkirk - Various Soyuz/Progress launch dates and landings.
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SPACE CALENDAR
May 28, 1993
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* indicates change from last month's calendar
May 1993
May ?? - Radcal Scout Launch
June 1993
Jun ?? - Temisat Meteor 2 Launch
Jun ?? - NOAA-I Atlas Launch
Jun ?? - First Test Flight of the Delta Clipper (DC-X), Unmanned
* Jun ?? - Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) Launch (India)
* Jun 02 - Galaxy 4 Ariane Launch
Jun 04 - Lunar Eclipse, Visible from North America
Jun 14 - Sakigake, 2nd Earth Flyby (Japan)
* Jun 14 - STS-57, Endeavour, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA-1R)
Jun 22 - 15th Anniversary of Charon Discovery (Pluto's Moon) by Christy
* Jun 24 - GPS Launch
July 1993
Jul 01 - Soyuz TM-17 Launch (Soviet)
* Jul 09 - Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B Ariane Launch
* Jul 15 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology Satellite
Jul 20-21 - Iapetus/Saturn Eclipse
* Jul 21 - Soyuz TM-16 Landing (Soviet)
* Jul 22 - UHF-2 Atlas Launch
* Jul 27 - Progress M-19 Launch (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 ?? - Commercial Experiment Transporter (COMET) Conestoga 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 13 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #20 (TCM-20)
Aug 24 - Mars Observer, Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI)
Aug 25 - STS-58, Columbia, Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2)
* Aug 26 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #21 (TCM-21)
Aug 28 - Galileo, Asteroid Ida Flyby (9:52 AM PDT)
September 1993
Sep ?? - SPOT-3 Ariane Launch
Sep ?? - Tubsat Launch
* Sep ?? - MSTI-II Scout Launch
* Sep 02 - GPS Launch
* Sep 14 - Advanced Photovoltaic Electronics Experiment (APEX) Pegasus Launch
* Sep 26 - Galileo, End of Ida Data Playback, Part 1
October 1993
Oct ?? - Intelsat 7 F1 Ariane Launch
Oct ?? - SLV-1 Pegasus Launch
Oct ?? - Telstar 4 Atlas Launch
* Oct 01 - Seastar Pegasus Launch
* Oct 05 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #22 (TCM-22)
* Oct 12 - Soyuz TM-20 Launch (Soviet)
Oct 22 - Orionid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 00:00 UT, Solar Longitude
208.7 degrees)
* Oct 28 - GPS Launch
November 1993
Nov ?? - Solidaridad/MOP-3 Ariane Launch
* Nov ?? - Soyuz TM-17 Landing (Soviet)
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 - DSPSE (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 15 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver #22A (TCM-22A)
Feb 21 - DSPSE (Clementine), Lunar Orbit Insertion
Feb 25 - 25th Anniversary, Mariner 6 Launch (Mars Flyby Mission)
March 1994
Mar ?? - TC-2C Launch
* Mar 02 - GPS Launch
Mar 05 - 15th Anniversary, Voyager 1 Jupiter flyby
* Mar 08 - Galileo, Ida Data Playback, Part 2 (3 months)
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
* Mar 31 - STS-59, Endeavour, SRL-1
April 1994
Apr ?? - Equator S Scout Launch
* Apr ?? - GOES-Next Launch
Apr 04 - Mars Observer, Perihelion
May 1994
* May ?? - ISTP Polar Delta-2 Launch
* May ?? - Soyuz TM-19 Launch (Soviet)
* May ?? - Helios 1 Launch
* May ?? - ISO Launch
* May 04 - 5th Anniversary, Magellan Launch (Venus Orbiter)
* May 04 - Mars Observer, Mars Southern Summer
* May 05 - STS-63, Discovery, SPACEHAB-3
* May 10 - Annular Eclipse, Visible from Mexico & USA
* May 25 - Lunar Eclipse
* May 29 - Ulysses, Begin of 1st Solar Passage