Jonathan's Space Report Aug 29 1990 (no.50) ---------------------------------------------------- Manakov and Strekalov continue in orbit aboard the Mir complex. Progress M-4 will remain docked at the forward port until it is replaced by M-5 in September. A Soviet Resurs-F2 remote sensing satellite was launched into polar orbit on Aug 16, replacing one which landed the same day after a month in orbit. STS-35/Columbia is targeted for launch Sep 1 with the Astro-1/BBXRT payload. Discovery has been mated with the STS-41 stack and will be rolled out to LC39B in a few days for the Ulysses mission. Yuri-3A, a television broadcasting satellite, was launched by the Japanese NASDA space agency on Aug 28, aboard an H-I rocket. Kosmos-2097 was launched by Molniya on Aug 29; it is probably an early warning satellite. Kosmos-2098 was launched by Kosmos on Aug 29; I don't know what its orbit or mission are yet, or that of Kosmos-2096. ___________________________________ |Current STS status: | |Orbiters | | | |OV-102 Columbia LC39A | |OV-103 Discovery VAB Bay 1 | |OV-104 Atlantis OPF Bay 2 | | | |ET/SRB stacks | | | |STS-35/OV102 LC39A | Countdown in progress |STS-38 VAB Bay 3 | |STS-41/OV103 VAB Bay 1 | ----------------------------------- (c) 1990 Jonathan McDowell `