Jonathan's Space Report Aug 21 1990 (no.49) ---------------------------------------------------- Manakov and Strekalov continue in orbit aboard the Mir complex, now consisting of Mir, Kvant, Kvant-2, Kristall, Soyuz TM-10, and Progress M-4. Progress M-4 was launched on Aug 15 and docked on Aug 17 at the forward port. A Molniya-1 comsat was launched for the Soviet Ministry of Communications on Aug 10. A Soviet satellite was launched into polar orbit on Aug 16; it is either a Resurs-F remote sensing satellite or a Kosmos recon satellite, I don't know yet. British Satellite Broadcasting's Hughes HS376 comsat, Marcopolo 2, was launched by Delta 6925 from Canaveral on Aug 17. ___________________________________ |Current STS status: | |Orbiters | | | |OV-102 Columbia LC39A | |OV-103 Discovery OPF Bay 1 | |OV-104 Atlantis OPF Bay 2 | | | |ET/SRB stacks | | | |STS-35/OV102 LC39A | Launch due Sep 1 |STS-38 VAB Bay 3 | |STS-41 VAB Bay 1 | ----------------------------------- (c) 1990 Jonathan McDowell