Jonathan's Space Report Aug 13 1990 (no.48) ---------------------------------------------------- Magellan entered Venus orbit on Aug 10. Solov'yov and Balandin landed successfully in Soyuz TM-9 on Aug 9. Manakov and Strekalov continue the crewing of the Mir complex. Next major mission event will probably be the launch of Progress M-4. Kosmos-2089, launched by Soyuz on Aug 3, is a recon satellite. Despite some press reports, the launch was almost certainly scheduled and not in response to the invasion of Kuwait; however its orbit is favorable for Middle East observations. Kosmos-2090 to Kosmos-2095, launched on Aug 8, are six lightsats which form part of a Soviet Navy communications relay network. ___________________________________ |Current STS status: | |Orbiters | | | |OV-102 Columbia LC39A | |OV-103 Discovery OPF Bay 1 | |OV-104 Atlantis VAB Bay 3 | | | |ET/SRB stacks | | | |STS-35/OV102 LC39A | |STS-38/OV104 VAB Bay 3 | |STS-41 VAB Bay 1 | ----------------------------------- (c) 1990 Jonathan McDowell