Jonathan's Space Report 5 Sep 1991 (no.86) ---------------------------------------------------- Preparations for the Sep 12 launch of the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite on STS-48/Discovery continue. Anatoliy Artsebarksiy and Sergey Krikalyov continue in orbit aboard the Mir/Kvant/Sofora/Kvant-2/Kristall/Soyuz TM-12/Progress M-9 complex. Progress M-8 undocked and was deorbited on Aug 16. Progress M-9 was launched on Aug 20 and has now docked with the station, bringing it supplies. The next launch is Soyuz TM-13 on Oct 2. A Resurs-F remote sensing satellite was launched on Aug 21 by Soyuz from Plesetsk. Kosmos-2154, a navigation satellite, was launched from Plesetsk on Aug 22. This was the first launch of the R-14 IRBM based Kosmos booster since a launch failure in June. Yuri 3B (BS 3B before launch), a Japanese TV broadcast satellite, was launched by H-1 launch vehicle on Aug 25 and succesfully reached synchronous orbit. BS-2X and BS-3H were launch failures and BS-3A has had on-orbit problems, so BS-3B is really important for the Japanese satellite broadcasting program. The H-1 launch vehicle is operated by the NASDA applications space agency. Japan's other space agency, ISAS, which has responsibility for science satellites, launched the Yohkoh ('Sunlight') satellite on Aug 30 using a Mu 3S-II launch vehicle. The satellite carries an array of X-ray instruments to observe the Sun. ___________________________________ |Current STS status: | |Orbiters | | | |OV-102 Columbia Palmdale | |OV-103 Discovery LC39A | |OV-104 Atlantis OPF Bay 2 | |OV-105 Endeavour OPF Bay 1 | | | |ML/ET/SRB stacks | | | |ML1/STS-44 VAB Bay 3 | |ML2 | |ML3/STS-48/ET/OV-103 LC39A | ----------------------------------- N.B. Information in this report is obtained from public sources and does not reflect the official views of NASA. .-----------------------------------------------------------------------------. | Jonathan McDowell | phone : (205)544-7724 | | Space Science Lab ES65 | uucp: | | NASA Marshall Space Flight Center | bitnet : | | Huntsville AL 35812 | inter : mcdowell@xanth.msfc.nasa.gov | | USA | | '-----------------------------------------------------------------------------'