Jonathan's Space Report 
No. 176       1993 Dec 1
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Thanks again to Joel Runes and Vladimir Agapov for contributing info.

Shuttle  
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The first attempt to launch STS-61 was scrubbed on Dec 1 due to weather.

Mir
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Cosmonauts Tsibliev and Serebrov continue in orbit aboard Mir, beginning
their fifth month aboard the station.
The Progress M-20 cargo spacecraft was undocked and deorbited on
Nov 21. It was reported to be carrying a Raduga reentry capsule
but I don't know if it was recovered successfully.

Launches
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The Gorizont satellite launched on Nov 18 is reportedly the one purchased
by the US company Rimsat for Pacific Rim communications. It will be
stationed at 130 degrees E. 

Solidaridad 1 is a Hughes HS-601 comsat built for the Mexican government
company Telecomunicaciones de Mexico. 

Meteosat 6 is part of ESA's Meteosat Operational Program. Ownership
of the Aerospatiale-built satellite will be transferred to EUMETSAT,
the European Meteorological Satellite Organization, in February.

Atlas Centaur 106, an Atlas II variant with an IABS apogee stage,
launched another Defense Satellite Communications System comsat
for the US DoD on Nov 28. The next Atlas launch is the first
Atlas IIAS, with strap-on solid boosters. 

Date            Name            Launch Vehicle  Site            Mission    INTL.
                                                                           DES.
Oct 11 2133     Progress M-20   Soyuz           Baykonur LC1    Cargo      64A
Oct 18 1453     Columbia      ) Space Shuttle   Kennedy  LC39B  Spaceship  65A
                Spacelab SLS 2)
Oct 22 0646     Intelsat 701    Ariane          Kourou    ELA2  Comsat     66A
Oct 26 1000     Kosmos-2265     Kosmos          Plesetsk  LC132 Calib      67A
Oct 26 1704     Navstar GPS 34  Delta 7925      Canaveral LC17  Navsat     68A
Oct 28 1517     Gorizont        Proton          Baykonur  LC81  Comsat     69A
Nov  2 1210     Kosmos-2266     Kosmos          Plesetsk  LC132 Navsat     70A
Nov  5 0825     Kosmos-2267     Soyuz           Baykonur  LC1   Recon      71A
Nov 18 1355     Rimsat/Gorizont Proton          Baykonur  LC81  Comsat     72A
Nov 20 0117     Solidaridad 1 ) Ariane          Kourou    ELA2  Comsat     73A
                Meteosat 6    )                                 Weather    73B
Nov 28 2340     DSCS III        Atlas Centaur   Canaveral LC36  Comsat     74A


Reentries
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Oct 13          Progress M-19   Deorbited
Nov  1          Columbia        Landed 
Nov 20          Kosmos-808      Reentered
Nov 21          Progress M-20   Deorbited

Current Shuttle Processing Status
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Orbiters               Location   Mission 
                                          
OV-102 Columbia        OPF Bay 2     STS-62
OV-103 Discovery       OPF Bay 3     STS-60
OV-104 Atlantis        Palmdale      OMDP
OV-105 Endeavour       LC39B         STS-61
                                          
ML/SRB/ET/OV stacks                       
                                          
ML1/                                 
ML2/RSRM-23/ET-61/OV-105 LC39B       STS-61
ML3/RSRM-35?/ET?         VAB Bay 3   STS-60


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