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     Here's the latest Space Calendar.  If you see any updates to the
calendar, then please let me know.  Note that launch dates are subject to
change.

     The following people made contributions to this month's calendar:

        o Frank Knight - APEX Launch Update
        o Andre Knoefel - Orionid Meteor Shower

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                                  SPACE CALENDAR
                                 October 27, 1992
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* indicates change from last month's calendar

   October 1992
    *27 - Galaxy 7 Ariane Launch
    *30 - MSTI Scout Launch

   November 1992
     ?? - Superbird A Ariane Launch
    *?? - Galileo, Gaspra Data Playback
     03 - Southern Taurid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 220.7 degrees)
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 6 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
    *09 - NASA Town Meeting - Raleigh, NC - North Carolina State Univerisity
     13 - Northern Taurid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 230.7 degrees)
     13 - Galileo, Trajectory Correction Maneuver 16 (TCM-16)
     17 - Leonid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 235.7 degrees)
    *17 - NASA Town Meeting - Hartford, CT - Lincoln Theater
    *20 - Russian Soyuz Goodwill Launch
    *20 - NASA Town Meeting - Indianapolis, IN - University of Hartford
    *25 - STS-53, Discovery, Department of Defense (DOD)

   December 1992
     ?? - Galaxy 4 Ariane Launch
    *?? - Galileo, Dual Drive Actuator Hammer Test (DDA-5)
    *?? - Optus B-2 Long March 3 Launch
    *03 - NASA Town Meeting - Pasadena, CA - California Institute of Technology
     08 - Galileo, Earth Flyby
     08 - Asteroid 4179 Toutatis, Near Earth Flyby (.025 AU)
     10 - Lunar Eclipse
    *11 - NASA Town Meeting - Tampa, FL - University of South Florida
     14 - Geminid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 262.0 degrees)
     14 - 30th Anniversary, Mariner 2 Venus Flyby (1st Flyby of Another Planet)
    *15 - NASA Town Meeting - Seattle, WA - University of Washington
     19 - 20 years since man has been to the Moon (Apollo 17)
     22 - Ursid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 10:00 UT, Solar Longitude 258.7 deg.)
     25 - Isaac Newton's 350th birthday (or January 4)

   January 1993
     ?? - Eutelsat II F-5 Ariane Launch
    *?? - NASA Town Meeting - Denver, Colorado
     03-4 Quadrantid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 10:00 UT, Solar Lon 283.13 deg.)
    *04 - Mars Observer, High Gain Antenna Deployment
     07 - 25th Anniversary, Surveyor 7 Launch (Moon Soft Lander)
    *08 - Mars Observer, 2nd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-2)
    *13 - STS-54, Endeavour, TDRS-F

   February 1993
     01 - 35th Anniversary, Explorer 1 Launch (1st U.S. Satellite)
     06 - Astro-D Launch (US/Japan)
    *08 - Mars Observer, 3rd Trajectory Correction Maneuver (TCM-3)
     18 - Jules Verne's 165th Birthday
     18 - STS-55, Columbia, Spacelab Germany (SL-D2)
     19 - Copernicus' 520th Birthday

   March 1993
     ?? - Radcal Scout Launch
    *?? - Hispasat 1B & Insat 2B Ariane Launch
    *?? - Galileo, 10 RPM Spinup Test
    *?? - DFH-3 Long March 2E Launch (China)
    *?? - Commercial Experiment Trasporter (Comet) Launch
     01 - Ulysses, 3rd Opposition
    *11 - STS-56, Discovery, Atmospheric Lab for Applications and Science
          (ATLAS-2)

   April 1993
    *?? - Astra 1C Ariane Launch
     06 - 20th Anniversary, Pioneer 11 Launch (Jupiter & Saturn Flyby Mission)
     22 - Lyrid Meteor Shower (Maximum: 02:00 UT, Solar Longitude 32.1 degrees)
     23 - Pi-Puppid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 33.3 degrees)
    *28 - STS-57, Endeavour, European Retrievable Carrier (EURECA-1R)

   May 1993
    *?? - Advanced Photovoltaic Electronics Experiment (APEX) Pegasus Launch
     04 - Galileo Enters Asteroid Belt Again
     15 - Magellan, End of Mission?

   June 1993
     04 - Lunar Eclipse
     14 - Sakigake, 2nd Earth Flyby (Japan)
     22 - 15th Anniversary of Charon Discovery (Pluto's Moon) by Christy
    *30 - STS-51, Discovery, Advanced Communications Technology Satellite(ACTS)

   July 1993
     29 - NASA's 35th Birthday

   August 1993
     ?? - Seastar Pegasus Launch
     ?? - ISTP Wind Delta-2 Launch
     ?? - ETS-VI Launch
     ?? - GEOS-J Launch
     ?? - Landsat 6 Launch
     08 - 15th Anniversary, Pioneer Venus Orbitor 2 Launch
     12 - Perseid Meteor Shower (Max: 04:00 UT, S.L. 139.6 deg and 15:00 UT,
                                 S.L. 140.1 deg.)
    *09 - Mars Observer, 4th Trajectory Correction Manuever (TCM-4)
     24 - Mars Observer, Mars Orbit Insertion (MOI)
     25 - STS-58, Columbia, Spacelab Life Sciences (SLS-2)
     28 - Galileo, Asteroid Ida Flyby

   September 1993
    *?? - SPOT-3 Ariane Launch

    October 1993
    *?? - Intelsat 7 F1 Ariane Launch
    *21 - Orionid Meteor Shower (Solar Longitude 208.4 degrees)

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