Subject: Space Calendar - 01/27/96
Date: 28 Jan 1996 04:05 UT
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Welcome to the Space Calendar!

This Space Calendar covers space-related activities and anniversaries
for the upcoming year.  It is also available on the World Wide Web at:

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This calendar is compiled and maintained by Ron Baalke.  Please send any
updates or corrections to baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov.  Note that launch dates
are subject to change.  Also, note that anniversary dates are listed in 5 year
increments only.

The following people have contributed to this month's calendar:

   o Philippe Berthe - Cluster launch is now May 7, 1996.
                     - MSAT-1 launch is now Mar 1996.
                     - N-Star B launch is now Feb 3, 1996.
                     - Italsat-2/Amos-1 launch is Apr 1996.
                     - Palapa-C2 launch is May 1996.
                     - Intelsat 801 launch is Jun 1996.
                     - Telecom-2D/Insat-2D launch is Jul 1996.
                     - Arabsat-2A/Turksat-1C launch is Aug 1996.
                     - Intelsat 802 launch is Sep 1996.
                     - Measat-2/Nahuel-1A launch is Oct 1996.
                     - Intelsat 803 launch is Nov 1996.
                     - Thaicom-3 launch is Dec 1996.
                     - Hyflex launch is now Feb 7, 1996.
   o Bill Bard       - Koreasat-2 launch is now Jan 14, 1996.
                     - TOMS launch is Mar 17, 1996.
   o Keith Stein     - IRS-P3 launch is Feb 1996.
                     - Intelsat 708 launch is Feb 16, 1996.              
                     - Intelsat 707 launch is Feb 29, 1996.
                     - TM-23 launch is Feb 21, 1996.
                     - REX II launch is now Feb 29, 1996.
   o Bob Kozon       - Polar launch is now Feb 22, 1996.
   o Tim Brown       - GE-1 launch is May 23, 1996.
   o Gary Herbella   - Inmarsat-3 launch is now April 3, 1996.
   o Richard Keen    - June 30, 1996 is 25th anniversary of Soyuz 11
                       cosmonaut deaths.
   o Eric Mathis     - Palapa-C1 launch is now Feb 1, 1996.
   o Larry Burriesci - Sep 15, 1996 is 5th anniversary of UARS deployment.
   o Vladimir Agapov - Astra-1F launch is now Mar 28, 1996.
   o Bill Piotrowski - NEAR Launch is now Feb 16, 1996.
   o Igor Lissov     - Gonets/Cosmos launch is now Feb 19, 1996.

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                               SPACE CALENDAR
                              January 27, 1996 
                          =========================

* indicates changes from last month's calendar

January 1996
  Jan ?? - Seastar Pegasus XL Launch
  Jan ?? - Conquest Starfire 1 Launch
  Jan 28 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Space Shuttle Challenger Explosion
  Jan 31 - Asteroid Eleonora at Opposition
  Jan 31 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 14 Launch 
  Jan 31 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Luna 9 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander)

February 1996
  Feb ?? - SAC-B Pegasus XL Launch
* Feb ?? - IRS-P3 Launch
* Feb 01 - Palapa Atlas IIA Launch
* Feb 01 - Asteroid 98 Ianthe Occults PPM 228454 (9th Magnitude Star), 
           Visible from USA
* Feb 01 - 35th Anniversary (1961), First ICBM Missile Launch
* Feb 02 - N-Star B Ariane 4 Launch
* Feb 02 - Venus Passes 1.3 Degrees Past Saturn
  Feb 03 - Comet Schwassmann-Wachmann 1, Closest Approach to Earth (5.2286 AU)
  Feb 04 - Clyde Tombaugh's 90th Birthday (1906)
  Feb 06 - Comet Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova Near-Earth Flyby (0.1702 AU)
* Feb 07 - Hyflex J-1 Launch (Japan)
* Feb 10 - Comet Hale-Bopp Reappears from Behind the Sun
  Feb 11 - Saturn, Rings Edge-On from Earth's Perspective
* Feb 11 - Mercury At Its Greatest Western Elongation
  Feb 14 - Chiron, Perihelion
* Feb 16 - NEAR Delta 2 Launch (Asteroid Eros Orbiter)
* Feb 16 - Intelsat 708 Long March Launch
* Feb 18 - Asteroid Herculina at Opposition
* Feb 19 - Gonets/Cosmos Tsiklon-3 Launch (Russia)
  Feb 19 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Mir Space Station Launch (Soviet Union)
* Feb 20 - Mars at Perihelion
* Feb 21 - Soyuz TM-23 Launch (Russia)
  Feb 22 - STS-75, Columbia, Tethered Satellite System (TSS-1R)
* Feb 22 - POLAR Delta-2 Launch
  Feb 22 - Venus/Moon Occultation, Visible from Hawaii
* Feb 23 - Comet C/1995 Y1 (Hyakutake) Perihelion
  Feb 28 - Raduga Proton-K Launch (Russia)
  Feb 29 - Soyuz TM-22 Returns to Earth
* Feb 29 - Intelsat 707 Ariane 4 Launch
* Feb 29 - REX-II Pegasus XL Launch
* Feb 29 - Asteroid Nysa at Opposition

March 1996
  Mar ?? - MSX Delta 2 Launch
* Mar ?? - MSAT-1 Ariane 4 Launch
  Mar 01 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Venera 3 Impact on Venus
  Mar 04 - 215th Anniversary (1781), Herschel's Discovery of Uranus
  Mar 06 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Vega 1, Comet Halley Flyby
  Mar 08 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Suisei, Comet Halley Flyby
  Mar 09 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Vega 2, Comet Halley Flyby
  Mar 10 - Priroda Proton Launch (Russia)
  Mar 11 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Sakigake, Comet Halley Flyby
  Mar 13 - Galileo, Probe Data Playback Completed
  Mar 13 - 10th Anniversary (1986), Giotto, Comet Halley Flyby
* Mar 14 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #3 (OTM-3), Apojove Maneuver
  Mar 16 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 8 Launch
* Mar 17 - TOMS Pegasus XL Launch
  Mar 21 - STS-76, Atlantis, 3rd Shuttle-Mir Mission, SPACEHAB
* Mar 28 - Astra 1F Proton Launch (Russia)
  Mar 28 - 10th Anniversary (1986), ICE, Comet Halley Flyby
  Mar 31 - Asteroid 1990 VA, Near-Earth Flyby (0.2253 AU)
  Mar 31 - Asteroid Bacchus, Near-Earth Flyby (0.0678 AU)
  Mar 31 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Luna 10 Launch, 1st Moon Orbiter

April 1996
* Apr ?? - Italsat-2/Amos-1 Ariane 4 Launch
  Apr 01 - Progress M-31 Launch (Russia)
* Apr 03 - Inmarsat 3 Atlas IIA Launch
  Apr 03-04 - Lunar Eclipse
  Apr 07 - Daylight Savings, Set Clock Ahead One Hour (USA)
  Apr 12 - 35th Anniversary (1961), 1st Man in Space, Yuri Gagarin
  Apr 12 - 15th Annivesrary (1981), 1st Space Shuttle Launch, Columbia, STS-1
  Apr 17 - 20th Anniversary (1976), Helios-2 Perihelion (.29 AU from Sun)
  Apr 17 - Partial Solar Eclipse, Visible from New Zealand
  Apr 18 - Asteroid Pallas at Opposition
  Apr 19 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Salyut 1 Launch, 1st Space Station (Soviet Union)
  Apr 20 - Lyrids Meteor Shower
  Apr 29 - SAX (X-ray Astronomy Satellite) Atlas Launch

May 1996
* May ?? - Palapa-C2 Ariane 4 Launch
  May 04 - Venus at Greatest Brilliancy (Magnititude -4.5)
  May 05 - 35th Anniversary (1961), 1st US Man in Space, Alan Shephard
  May 05 - Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower
* May 07 - Cluster Ariane 5 Launch (ESA/NASA)
  May 07 - Asteroid Vesta at Opposition
  May 08 - Lunar Occultation of Comet Hale-Bopp
  May 11 - 80th Anniversary (1916), Albert Einstein's General Theory of
           Relativity
  May 14 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #4 (OTM-4)
  May 16 - STS-77, Endeavour, SPACEHAB-4
  May 18 - Asteroid 1991 JR, Near-Earth Flyby (0.1087 AU)
  May 19 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Mars 2 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter/Lander)
  May 22 - Pluto at Opposition
* May 23 - GE-1 Atlas IIA Launch
  May 25 - 35th Anniversary (1961), John F. Kennedy's Moon Goal Speech
  May 28 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Mars 3 Launch (Soviet Mars Orbiter/Lander)
  May 29 - Asteroid Ceres at Opposition
  May 30 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Mariner 9 Launch (Mars Orbiter)
  May 30 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Surveyor 1 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)

June 1996
* Jun ?? - Intelsat 801 Ariane 4 Launch
  Jun 01 - Progress M-32 Launch (Russia)
  Jun 01-06 - Space 96, Albuquerque, New Mexico
  Jun 03 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 9 Launch
  Jun 04 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #5 (OTM-5)
  Jun 11 - Asteroid Icarus Near-Earth Flyby (0.1012 AU)
  Jun 16 - Asteroid 1990MU Near-Earth Flyby (0.2499 AU)
  Jun 20 - Summer Solstice
  June 22-23 - Universe '96, Santa Clara, California
  Jun 27 - Galileo, 1st Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 1)
  Jun 27 - STS-78, Columbia, Life & Microgravity Spacelab (LMS)
* Jun 30 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Death of 3 Cosmonauts in Soyuz 11

July 1996
* Jul ?? - Telecom-2D/Insat-2D Ariane 4 Launch
  Jul 01 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #6 (OTM-6)
  Jul 04 - Jupiter at Opposition
  Jul 05 - Earth at Aphelion (94,512,258 miles from Sun)
  Jul 06 - Soyuz TM-24 Launch (Russia)
  Jul 09 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #7 (OTM-7)
  Jul 17 - Venus at Greatest Brilliancy (Magnititude -4.5)
  Jul 18 - Neptune at Opposition
  Jul 18 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 10 Launch
  Jul 20 - 20th Anniversary (1976), Viking 1 Mars Landing
  Jul 21 - 35th Anniversary (1961), Mercury 4 Launch
  Jul 25 - Uranus at Opposition
  Jul 26 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Apollo 15 Launch
  Jul 29 - Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower

August 1996
* Aug ?? - ADEOS/NSCAT Launch
* Aug ?? - Arabsat-2A/Turksat-1C Ariane 4 Launch
  Aug 01 - STS-79, Atlantis, Mir Docking
  Aug 01 - NOAA-K Titan 2 Launch
  Aug 02 - Asteroid Toro Near-Earth Flyby (0.2208 AU)
  Aug 06 - 35th Anniversary (1961), Vostok 2 Launch
  Aug 06 - Asteroid Eger Near-Earth Flyby (0.1151 AU)
  Aug 06 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #8 (OTM-8)
  Aug 09 - 20th Anniversary (1976), Luna 24 Launch (Soviet Moon Sample Return)
  Aug 10 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Lunar Orbiter 1 Launch
  Aug 12 - Perseids Meteor Shower (Potential Meteor Storm)
  Aug 17 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Pioneer 7 Launch (Solar Orbiter)
  Aug 24 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Luna 11 Launch (Soviet Lunar Orbiter)
  Aug 25 - 15th Anniversary (1981), Voyager 2 Saturn Flyby
  Aug 28 - Asteroid 1991 CS Near-Earth Flyby (0.0620 AU)

September 1996
  Sep ?? - Intelsat 709 & ARD Ariane 5 Launch
  Sep ?? - VSOP-Muses-B Launch (Japan)
* Sep ?? - Intelsat 802 Ariane 4 Launch
  Sep 03 - 20th Anniversary (1976), Viking 2 Mars Landing
  Sep 03 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #9 (OTM-9)
  Sep 06 - Galileo, 2nd Ganymede Flyby (Orbit 2)
  Sep 11 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #10 (OTM-10)
  Sep 12 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 11 Launch
* Sep 15 - 5th Anniversary (1991), UARS Deployment from STS-48
  Sep 16 - Asteroid 1989 RS1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.1958 AU)
  Sep 22 - Autumnal Equinox (18:00 UT)
  Sep 23 - 150th Anniversary (1846), J. Galle's Discovery of Neptune
  Sep 26 - Saturn at Opposition
  Sep 26-27 - Lunar Eclipse
  Sep 28 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Luna 19 Launch (Soviet Lunar Orbiter)

October 1996
* Oct ?? - Measat-2/Nahuel-1A Ariane 4 Launch
  Oct 04 - Asteroid Juno at Opposition
  Oct 07 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #11 (OTM-11)
  Oct 09 - Draconids Meteor Shower
  Oct 10 - 150th Anniversary (1846), William Lassell's Discovery of Neptune's moon 
           Triton
  Oct 12 - Partial Solar Eclipse
  Oct 21 - Orionid Meteor Shower
  Oct 22 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Luna 12 Launch (Soviet Lunar Orbiter)
  Oct 22 - Asteroid 1989 UQ Near-Earth Flyby (0.1505 AU)
  Oct 23 - Asteroid 4947 Ninkasi Near-Earth Flby (0.2131 AU)
  Oct 24 - 145th Anniversary (1851), William Lassell's Discovery of Uranus moons
           Umbriel and Ariel
  Oct 25 - 325th Anniversary (1671), Giovanni Cassini's Discovery of Saturn's moon
           Iapetus
  Oct 25 - Asteroid 4197 1982 TA Near-Earth Flyby (0.0846 AU)
  Oct 27 - Daylight Savings - Set Clock Back One Hour (USA)
  Oct 27 - Asteroid 3908 1980 PA Near-Earth Flyby (0.0613 AU)
  Oct 29 - 5th Anniversary (1991), Galileo Flyby of Asteroid Gaspra
  Oct 29 - Asteroid 1991 VE Near-Earth Flyby (0.0853 AU)
  Oct 30 - 15th Anniversary (1981), Venera 13 Launch (Soviet Venus Lander)

November 1996
* Nov ?? - Intelsat 803 Ariane 4 Launch
  Nov 01 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #12 (OTM-12)
  Nov 04 - Galileo, 1st Callisto Flyby (Orbit 3)
  Nov 04 - Taurids Meteor Shower
  Nov 04 - 15th Anniversary (1981), Venera 14 Launch (Venus Flyby/Lander)
  Nov 05 - Mars Global Surveyor Launch (Mars Orbiter)
  Nov 06 - Galileo, Europa Flyby (Orbit 3)
  Nov 06 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Lunar Orbiter 2 Launch
  Nov 07 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #13 (OTM-13)
  Nov 07 - STS-80, Columbia, Wake Shield Facility (WSF-03)
  Nov 08 - Edmund Halley's 340th Birthday (1656)
  Nov 11 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Gemini 12 Launch
  Nov 14 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Mariner 9 Mars Orbit Insertion
  Nov 14 - Andromedids Meteor Shower
* Nov 16 - Mars '96 Launch (Russia)
  Nov 17 - Leonids Meteor Shower
  Nov 23 - Asteroid 1993WD Near-Earth Flyby (0.2466 AU)
  Nov 27 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #14 (OTM-14)
  Nov 27 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Mars 2 Mars Orbit Insertion/Lander Crash
           (Soviet Union)
  Nov 29 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis Near-Earth Flyby (0.0359 AU)

December 1996
* Dec ?? - Thaicom-3 Ariane 4 Launch
  Dec 02 - Mars Pathfinder Delta 2 launch (Mars Lander/Rover)
  Dec 02 - 25th Anniversary (1971), Mars 2 Mars Orbit Insertion/Mars Landing
  Dec 05 - STS-81, Atlantis, 5th Shuttle-Mir Mission, SPACEHAB
  Dec 13 - Geminids Meteor Shower
  Dec 14 - Tycho Brahe's 450th Birthday (1546)
  Dec 15 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Dollfus' Discovery of Saturn Moon Janus
  Dec 16 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #15 (OTM-15)
  Dec 19 - Galileo, 1st Europa Flyby (Orbit 4)
  Dec 22 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #16 (OTM-16)
  Dec 22 - Ursids Meteor Shower
  Dec 22 - 30th Anniversary (1966), Luna 13 Launch (Soviet Moon Lander)
  Dec 27 - Johannes Kepler's 425th Birthday (1571)

January 1997
* Jan 03 - Quadrantids Meteor Shower
* Jan 07 - Galileo, Orbital Trim Maneuver #17 (OTM-17)
* Jan 10 - Asteroid 1991 VK Near-Earth Flyby (.0749 AU)
* Jan 11 - 210th Anniversary (1787), Herschell's Discovery of Uranus Moons
           Titania and Oberon
* Jan 20 - Galileo, Europa Flyby (Orbit 5)
* Jan 25 - Asteroid 1989 UQ Near-Earth Flyby (.2286 AU)
* Jan 27 - 30th Anniversary (1967), Apollo 1 Fire

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