Jonathan's Space Report
No. 165 1993 Aug 16
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Shuttle
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Launch of STS-51 was halted in an RSLS abort three seconds before
liftoff at 1312 UTC on Aug 12. All three main engines ignited, but a
faulty sensor in engine 2033 caused the launch sequencer computer to shut
them down. All three engines will be replaced prior to the next launch
attempt, which will occure no earlier than the beginning of September.
Mir
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The Expedition 14 crew of Vasiliy Tsibliev and Aleksandr Serebrov
continue in orbit aboard the Mir complex. Launch of the Progress M-19
cargo freighter occurred on Aug 10, and the freighter docked with the
Mir complex on Aug 13. It will be replaced on Oct 12 by Progress M-20;
on Nov 16 the Expedition 15 crew of Afanas'ev, Usachyov and Polyakov
will be launched aboard Soyuz TM-18. I haven't heard yet about
whether Progress M-17, which was previously docked to the complex,
has come down or not.
[Thanks to Vladimir Agapov and Sergey Voevodin for keeping me up
to date. If anyone is in contact with Sergey, please let him know
that all my email to him is bouncing.]
Obituary: Sergey Vozovikov (1958-1993)
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Major Sergey Yurievich Vozovikov, a member of the VVS TsPK (Russian Air
Force cosmonaut training center) cosmonaut detachment since 1990, was
drowned during emergency landing training in the Black Sea on July 11.
Vozovikov, who was born in Alma Ata, Kazakhstan on 1958 Apr 17, had not
yet flown in space.
Launches
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Kosmos-2261 was launched on Aug 10. It is an early warning satellite
in the Oko ("Eye") series, built by NPO Lavochkin (who also build
the planetary probes).
Meanwhile, the Resurs-T mapping mission (Kosmos-2260) landed after
a standard 14 day flight.
Date Name Launch Vehicle Site Mission INTL.
DES.
Jul 1 1433 Soyuz TM-17 Soyuz 2 Baykonur Spaceship 43A
Jul 8 0715 Kosmos-2258 Tsiklon-M Baykonur EORSAT 44A
Jul 14 1640 Kosmos-2259 Soyuz Plesetsk Recon 45A
Jul 19 2204 DSCS III Atlas AC-104 Canaveral Comsat 46A
Jul 22 0845 Kosmos-2260 Soyuz Plesetsk Remote sens. 47A
Jul 22 2258 Hispasat 1B ) Ariane 44L Kourou Comsat 48A
Insat 2B ) Comsat 48B
Aug 2 1959 Adv NOSS 3? Titan 403 Vandenberg Recon FTO
Aug 4 0052 Molniya-3 Molniya Plesetsk Comsat 49A
Aug 8 1002 NOAA 13 Atlas 34E? Vandenberg Weather 50A
Aug 10 1500? Kosmos-2261 Molniya Plesetsk Early Warn 51A
Aug 10 2224? Progress M-19 Soyuz Baykonur Cargo 52A
Reentries
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Jul 12 Resurs-F1 Landed in Kazakhstan?
Jul 18 MSTI-1 Reentered
Jul 22 Soyuz TM-16 Landed in Kazakhstan
Jul 25 Kosmos-2259 Landed
Aug 5 Kosmos-2260 Landed
Current Shuttle Processing Status
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Orbiters Location Mission
OV-102 Columbia OPF Bay 2 STS-58
OV-103 Discovery LC39B STS-51
OV-104 Atlantis Palmdale OMDP
OV-105 Endeavour OPF Bay 1 STS-61
ML/SRB/ET/OV stacks
ML1/RSRM-34/ET-57 VAB Bay 3 STS-58
ML2/RSRM-35 VAB Bay 1 STS-60
ML3/RSRM-33/ET-59/OV-103 LC39B STS-51
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