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Xref: bloom-picayune.mit.edu sci.space:51982 sci.astro:28928 news.answers:4369 Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!enterpoop.mit.edu!eff!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!gatech!concert!borg!mahler!leech From: leech@mahler.cs.unc.edu (Jon Leech) Newsgroups: sci.space,sci.astro,news.answers Subject: Diffs to sci.space/sci.astro Frequently Asked Questions Message-ID: <diffs_723318039@cs.unc.edu> Date: 2 Dec 92 17:40:51 GMT Expires: 6 Jan 93 17:40:39 GMT Sender: news@cs.unc.edu Followup-To: poster Organization: University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Lines: 473 Approved: news-answers-request@MIT.Edu Supersedes: <diffs_720641511@cs.unc.edu> Archive-name: space/diff DIFFS SINCE LAST FAQ POSTING (IN POSTING ORDER) (These are hand-edited context diffs; do not attempt to use them to patch old copies of the FAQ). =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.intro *** /tmp/,RCSt1a21189 Wed Dec 2 12:29:28 1992 --- FAQ.intro Tue Dec 1 20:23:42 1992 *************** *** 225,230 **** --- 225,231 ---- baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov (Ron Baalke) - planetary probe schedules bankst@rata.vuw.ac.nz (Timothy Banks) - map projections, variable star analysis archive + bern@uni-trier.de (Jochen Bern) - German mnemonic translation brosen@pioneer.arc.nasa.gov (Bernie Rosen) - Space Camp bschlesinger@nssdca.gsfc.nasa.gov (Barry Schlesinger) - FITS format cew@venera.isi.edu (Craig E. Ward) - space group contact info *************** *** 248,253 **** --- 249,255 ---- shuttle landings, spysats, propulsion, "Face on Mars" hmueller@cssun.tamu.edu (Hal Mueller) - map projections, orbital dynamics + jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Josh Hopkins) - launch services jim@pnet01.cts.com (Jim Bowery) - propulsion, launch services jscotti@lpl.arizona.edu (Jim Scotti) - planetary positions kcarroll@zoo.toronto.edu (Kieran A. Carroll)- refs for spacecraft design *************** *** 269,274 **** --- 271,277 ---- rdb@mel.cocam.oz.au (Rodney Brown) - propulsion refs rja7m@phil.cs.virginia.edu (Ran Atkinson) - FTPable astro. programs rjungcla@ihlpb.att.com (R. Michael Jungclas)- models + roelle@sigi.jhuapl.edu (Curt Roelle) - German mnemonic translation seal@leonardo.jpl.nasa.gov (David Seal) - Cassini mission schedule shafer@skipper.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) - photos, shuttle landings smith@sndpit.enet.dec.com (Willie Smith) - photos =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.net *** /tmp/,RCSt1a21194 Wed Dec 2 12:29:30 1992 --- FAQ.net Tue Dec 1 20:23:43 1992 *************** *** 66,72 **** capture, starflight, orbital debris removal, etc. Email to space-tech-request@cs.cmu.edu to join. Archives of old digests and selected excerpts are available by anonymous FTP from ! daisy.learning.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.218.26) in /usr/anon/public/space-tech, or by email to space-tech-request if you don't have FTP access. SEDS-L is a BITNET list for members of Students for the Exploration and --- 66,72 ---- capture, starflight, orbital debris removal, etc. Email to space-tech-request@cs.cmu.edu to join. Archives of old digests and selected excerpts are available by anonymous FTP from ! gs80.sp.cs.cmu.edu (128.2.205.90) in /usr/anon/public/space-tech, or by email to space-tech-request if you don't have FTP access. SEDS-L is a BITNET list for members of Students for the Exploration and =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.data *** /tmp/,RCSt1a21199 Wed Dec 2 12:29:31 1992 --- FAQ.data Tue Dec 1 20:23:41 1992 *************** *** 322,330 **** kilroy.jpl.nasa.gov (128.149.1.165) NASA,Molczan directory: /pub/space/ - nachos.ssesco.com (192.55.187.18) NASA,Molczan - directory: /sat_elements - SPACE DIGEST ARCHIVES --- 322,327 ---- =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.mnemonics *** /tmp/,RCSt1a21219 Wed Dec 2 12:29:37 1992 --- FAQ.mnemonics Tue Dec 1 20:23:42 1992 *************** *** 58,64 **** Solar Mass Very Easily Makes All Jupiter's Satellites Undergo Numerous Perturbations. ! Mein Vater erklaert mir jeden Sonntag unseren niedlichen Planeten Colors of the spectrum: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet ROY G. BIV (pronounce as a man's name) --- 58,68 ---- Solar Mass Very Easily Makes All Jupiter's Satellites Undergo Numerous Perturbations. ! Mein Vater erklaert mir jeden Sonntag unsere niedlichen Planeten ! (My Father explains to me every Sunday our nine planets) ! Man verachte einen Menschen in seinem Unglueck nie -- Punkt ! (Never scorn/despise a person in his misfortune/bad luck/misery ! -- period!) Colors of the spectrum: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet ROY G. BIV (pronounce as a man's name) *************** *** 68,75 **** Galilean Satellite of Jupiter: Io Europa Ganymede Callisto I Expect God Cries I Eat Green Cheese ! Ich Erschrecke alle Guten Christen Saturnian Satellites MET DR THIP --- 72,81 ---- Galilean Satellite of Jupiter: Io Europa Ganymede Callisto I Expect God Cries I Eat Green Cheese + I Embarrass Good Christians ! Ich erschrecke all guten Christen ! (I scare all good Christians) Saturnian Satellites MET DR THIP =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.addresses No differences encountered =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.new_probes *** /tmp/,RCSt1a21239 Wed Dec 2 12:29:42 1992 --- FAQ.new_probes Tue Dec 1 20:23:43 1992 *************** *** 92,97 **** --- 92,103 ---- 10/05/97 - Jupiter Magnetotail Exploration + HITEN - Japanese (ISAS) lunar probe launched 1/24/90. Has made + multiple lunar flybys. Released Hagoromo, a smaller satellite, + into lunar orbit. This mission made Japan the third nation to + orbit a satellite around the Moon. + + MAGELLAN - Venus radar mapping mission. Has mapped almost the entire surface at high resolution. Currently (11/92) in mapping cycle 4, collecting a global gravity map. =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.groups *** /tmp/,RCSt1a21249 Wed Dec 2 12:29:45 1992 --- FAQ.groups Tue Dec 1 20:23:42 1992 *************** *** 46,60 **** No dues information available at present. ! NSS - the National Space Society, formed by the merger of the L-5 ! Society and the National Space Institute founded by Von Braun. NSS ! is a pro-space group distinguished by its network of local chapters. ! Supports a general agenda of space development and man-in-space, ! including the NASA space station. Publishes _Ad Astra_, a monthly ! glossy magazine, and runs Shuttle launch tours, Dial-A-Shuttle and ! Space Hotline telephone services. A major sponsor of the annual ! space development conference. Associated with Spacecause and ! Spacepac, political lobbying organizations. Membership $18 (youth/senior) $35 (regular). --- 46,64 ---- No dues information available at present. ! L-5 Society (defunct). Founded by Keith and Carolyn Henson in 1975 to ! advocate space colonization. Its major success was in preventing US ! participation in the UN "Moon Treaty" in the late 1970s. Merged with ! the National Space Institute in 1987, forming the National Space ! Society. ! ! NSS - the National Space Society. NSS is a pro-space group distinguished ! by its network of local chapters. Supports a general agenda of space ! development and man-in-space, including the NASA space station. ! Publishes _Ad Astra_, a monthly glossy magazine, and runs Shuttle ! launch tours, Dial-A-Shuttle and Space Hotline telephone services. A ! major sponsor of the annual space development conference. Associated ! with Spacecause and Spacepac, political lobbying organizations. Membership $18 (youth/senior) $35 (regular). =================================================================== diff -t -c -r1.14 FAQ.launchers *** /tmp/,RCSt1a21259 Wed Dec 2 12:29:47 1992 --- FAQ.launchers Tue Dec 1 20:23:42 1992 *************** *** 3,81 **** ORBITAL AND PLANETARY LAUNCH SERVICES ! If anyone has more accurate or more complete information, please post ! it and copy jim@pnet01.cts.com (Jim Bowery), who maintains the primary ! copy of this item. Don't forget to include the source of the ! information. - PAYLOAD(LBS) DELIVERED TO - COMPANY/VEHICLE $M LEO GTO GEO ESCAPE U.STAGE LAUNCHFAIL(1) ! MM/Titan4[H] 296 47000 .... 10300 .... Centaur .... .... ! MM/Titan4 277 49000 15000 5800 .... IUS .... .... ! MM/Titan3 160 32500 12474 4100 .... TOS .... .... ! AS/Arian44L[H] 110 21164 9259 5500 .... none .... .... ! GD/Atlas2 80 15700 6200 3000 .... Centaur .... .... ! MD/Delta2 52 11100 4010 2000 2816[S] PAMD[H] .... .... ! GW/LongMarch3 45 6614 2866 1433 .... none .... .... ! EPAC/EagleS2[E] 30 10000(2)5128 3374 ....(4) USTM(3) 0 0 ! OSC/Taurus[S] 17 2703 .... .... 374 .... 0 0 ! EPAC/EagleS1[E] 15 6000 .... .... ....(4) USTM 0 0 ! AMROC/Aquila[S] 10 2000 1467 .... .... none 0 0 ! SSI/Conestoga 10 1500(5) 900(6) 550(7) .... 0 0 ! OSC/Pegasus[H] 9.7 750 .... .... .... none 2 1 ! EPAC/Eagle[E] 6.7 3000 .... .... .... USTM 0 0 ! ! (1) For launches where reflight insurance is issued, the fraction of the ! launch cost indemnified is the failure level for that flight. ! For launches where reflight insurance is not issued, a rough ! estimate is made as to the fraction of the launch cost that ! would have been indemnified. ! (2) LEO given is 300nmi altitude [S]. ! (3) The bipropellant (Isp=323) USTM has a dry weight of approximately 1600LBS ! which must be subtracted from the total weight to determine weight ! available for electronics, power, communication and fuel. The USTM ! provides station-keeping and course correction in addition to ! transfer and apogee burns. ! (4) According to [S] escape requires 170kg MMH/NTO fuel with USTM. ! (5) 200nmi altitude 37.9d inclination [S]. ! (6) 400nmi altitude [S]. ! (7) Includes Conestoga apogee kick stage weight. ! REFLIGHT ! VEHICLE POLARLBS(9) INSURANCE(%) ACCURACY PAD WEIGHT - MM/Titan4[H] .... .... .... 1910449 - MM/Titan4 .... .... .... 1885525 - MM/Titan3 .... .... .... 1492200 - AS/Arian44L .... .... .... 1033000 - GD/Atlas2 12400 .... .... 360600 - MD/Delta2 8401 .... .... 450000 - GW/LongMarch3 .... .... .... 444400 - EPAC/EagleS2[E] .... 18 1.4km(9) 268145 - OSC/Taurus[S] 2140 .... .... .... - EPAC/EagleS1[E] .... 18 1.4km(9) .... - AMROC/Aquila[S] 1467 .... .... .... - SSI/Conestoga 900 .... 9.3km(10) .... - OSC/Pegasus[S] 649 .... .... .... - EPAC/Eagle .... 18 .... 99134 ! (9) For unknown data, conservative figures for polar orbit can be ! estimated by dividing LEO weight by 2. ! (10) Circular orbit and <0.02d inclination error to 3 sigma [S]. ! (11) Reduced payload for upper stage with thrust vector control. 1 sigma [S]. ! Figures given as "...." are to be included in a future release. ! Information sources are indicated by a source code within square brackets. ! For example [H] means the associated information and subsequent information ! comes from the 1989 Hughes Corp. Survey with dollars given in 1989 dollars. ! Source codes: H = 1989 Hughes Corp. Survey ! E = 9/1991 E'Prime Aerospace Corp. report ! S = "A Status Report on the Availability of Expendable ! Launch Vehicles for Small Solar System ! Exploration Payloads", Jim McAdams, Science ! Applications International Corp. 3/31/1991 --- 3,195 ---- ORBITAL AND PLANETARY LAUNCH SERVICES ! The following data comes from _International Reference Guide to Space Launch ! Systems_ by Steven J. Isakowitz, 1991 edition. + Notes: + * Unless otherwise specified, LEO and polar paylaods are for a 100 nm + orbit. + * Reliablity data includes launches through Dec, 1990. Reliabity for a + familiy of vehicles includes launches by types no longer built when + applicable + * Prices are in millions of 1990 $US and are subject to change. + * Only operational vehicle families are included. Individual vehicles + which have not yet flown are marked by an asterisk (*) If a vehicle + had first launch after publication of my data, it may still be + marked with an asterisk. ! Vehicle | Payload kg (lbs) | Reliability | Price | Launch Site ! (nation) | LEO Polar GTO | | | (Lat. & Long.) ! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + Ariane 35/40 87.5% Kourou + (ESA) (5.2 N, 52.8 W) + AR40 4,900 3,900 1,900 1/1 $65m + (10,800) (8,580) (4,190) + AR42P 6,100 4,800 2,600 1/1 $67m + (13,400) (10,600) (5,730) + AR44P 6,900 5,500 3,000 0/0 ? $70m + (15,200) (12,100) (6,610) + AR42L 7,400 5,900 3,200 0/0 ? $90m + (16,300) (13,000) (7,050) + AR44LP 8,300 6,600 3,700 6/6 $95m + (18,300) (14,500) (8,160) + AR44L 9,600 7,700 4,200 3/4 $115m + (21,100) (16,900) (9,260) ! * AR5 18,000 ??? 6,800 0/0 $105m ! (39,600) (15,000) ! [300nm] ! Atlas 213/245 86.9% Cape Canaveral ! (USA) (28.5 N, 81.0W) ! Atlas E -- 820 -- 15/17 $45m Vandeberg AFB ! (1,800) (34.7 N, 120.6W) ! Atlas I 5,580 4,670 2,250 1/1 $70m ! (12,300) (10,300) (4,950) ! Atlas II 6,395 5,400 2,680 0/0 $75m ! (14,100) (11,900) (5,900) ! Atlas IIA 6,760 5,715 2,810 0/0 $85m ! (14,900) (12,600) (6,200) ! ! * Atlas IIAS 8,390 6,805 3,490 0/0 $115m ! (18,500) (15,000) (7,700) ! ! ! Delta 189/201 94.0% Cape Canaveral ! (USA) Vandenberg AFB ! Delta 6925 3,900 2,950 1,450 14/14 $45m ! (8,780) (6,490) (3,190) ! ! Delta 7925 5,045 3,830 1,820 1/1 $50m ! (11,100) (8,420) (2,000) ! ! ! Energia 2/2 100% Baikonur ! (Russia) (45.6 N 63.4 E) ! Energia 88,000 80,000 ??? 2/2 $110m ! (194,000) (176,000) ! ! ! H series 22/22 100% Tangeshima ! (Japan) (30.2 N 130.6 E) ! * H-2 10,500 6,600 4,000 0/0 $110m ! (23,000) (14,500) (8,800) ! ! ! Kosmos 371/377 98.4% Plestek ! (Russia) (62.8 N 40.1 E) ! Kosmos 1100 - 1350 (2300 - 3000) $??? Kapustin Yar ! [400 km orbit ??? inclination] (48.4 N 45.8 E) ! ! ! Long March 23/25 92.0% Jiquan SLC ! (China) (41 N 100 E) ! * CZ-1D 720 ??? 200 0/0 $10m Xichang SLC ! (1,590) (440) (28 N 102 E) ! Taiyuan SLC ! CZ-2C 3,200 1,750 1,000 12/12 $20m (41 N 100 E) ! (7,040) (3,860) (2,200) ! ! CZ-2E 9,200 ??? 3,370 1/1 $40m ! (20,300) (7,430) ! ! * CZ-2E/HO 13,600 ??? 4,500 0/0 $??? ! (29,900) (9,900) ! ! CZ-3 ??? ??? 1,400 6/7 $33m ! (3,100) ! ! * CZ-3A ??? ??? 2,500 0/0 $???m ! (5,500) ! ! CZ-4 4,000 ??? 1,100 2/2 $???m ! (8,800) (2,430) ! ! ! Pegasus/Taurus 2/2 100% Peg: B-52/L1011 ! (USA) Taur: Canaveral ! Pegasus 455 365 125 2/2 $10m or Vandenberg ! (1,000) (800) (275) ! ! * Taurus 1,450 1,180 375 0/0 $15m ! (3,200) (2,600) (830) ! ! ! Proton 164/187 87.7% Baikonour ! (Russia) ! Proton 20,000 ??? 5,500 164/187 $35-70m ! (44,100) (12,200) ! ! ! SCOUT 99/113 87.6% Vandenberg AFB ! (USA) Wallops FF ! SCOUT G-1 270 210 54 13/13 $12m (37.9 N 75.4 W) ! (600) (460) (120) San Marco ! (2.9 S 40.3 E) ! * Enhanced SCOUT 525 372 110 0/0 $15m ! (1,160) (820) (240) ! ! ! Shavit 2/2 100% Palmachim AFB ! (Israel) ( ~31 N) ! Shavit ??? 160 ??? 2/2 $22m ! (350) ! ! Space Shuttle 37/38 97.4% Kennedy Space ! (USA) Center ! Shuttle/SRB 23,500 ??? 5,900 37/38 $248m (28.5 N 81.0 W) ! (51,800) (13,000) [FY88] ! ! * Shuttle/ASRM 27,100 ??? ??? 0/0 ! (59,800) ! ! ! SLV 2/6 33.3% SHAR Center ! (India) (400km) (900km polar) (13.9 N 80.4 E) ! ASLV 150 ??? ??? 0/2 $???m ! (330) ! ! * PSLV 3,000 1,000 450 0/0 $???m ! (6,600) (2,200) (990) ! ! * GSLV 8,000 ??? 2,500 0/0 $???m ! (17,600) (5,500) ! ! ! Titan 160/172 93.0% Cape Canaveral ! (USA) Vandenberg ! Titan II ??? 1,905 ??? 2/2 $43m ! (4,200) ! ! Titan III 14,515 ??? 5,000 2/3 $140m ! (32,000) (11,000) ! ! Titan IV/SRM 17,700 14,100 6,350 3/3 $154m-$227m ! (39,000) (31,100) (14,000) ! ! Titan IV/SRMU 21,640 18,600 8,620 0/0 $???m ! (47,700) (41,000) (19,000) ! ! ! Vostok 1358/1401 96.9% Baikonur ! (Russia) [650km] Plesetsk ! Vostok 4,730 1,840 ??? ?/149 $14m ! (10,400) (4,060) ! ! Soyuz 7,000 ??? ??? ?/944 $15m ! (15,400) ! ! Molniya 1500kg (3300 lbs) in ?/258 $???M ! Highly eliptical orbit ! ! ! Zenit 12/13 92.3% Baikonur ! (Russia) ! Zenit 13,740 11,380 4,300 12/13 $65m ! (30,300) (25,090) (9,480)