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Aviation History
1991
1991 - 1009.PDF
MANUFACTURER/Booster Burn Payload Total Payload Launch record/schedule Notes Stage Engine Propellants Thrust time fairing length capability Payload/Date/Site NASA(USA) Space Shuttle 1st 2nd NASDA (Japan) H-l 1st 2nd 3rd H-ll 1st 2nd OSC/HERCULES (USA) Pegasus 1 1st 2nd 3rd Taurus 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 3 x Rocketdyne SSME 2 x Thiokol SRB (b) 2 x Orbiter OMS (c) LOX i LH solid N,0. + MMH 5,004kN 29,360kN - 520s 18.3m long, 4m long 56,1m (d) 120s 5.2m wide 37.2m (e) - 1 x Mitsubishi MB-3 9 x Thiokol-Nissan 1 x Mitsubishi LE5 1 x Nissan 1 x Mitsubishi LE7 2 x Nissan 1 x Mitsubishi LE5A 1 x Hercules (a) 1 x Hercules 1 x Hercules 1 x SSLV (e) 1 x Hercules 1 x Hercules 1 * Hercules LOX + kero solid LOX + LH solid LOX + LH solid LOX r LH solid 756kN 198kN 102kN 77kN 912kN 3,138kN 118kN 487kN 123kN 35kN 123kN 35kN 270s 2.4m dia. 7.9m I 39s 370s (d) 68s 316s 95s 527s 4.1m dia, 12m long 40.3m 49m 82s (b) 1.3m dia (c) 71s 65s 71s 65s 1.3m dia (c) 15.5m GPS 12/1991/Cape Canavera: GPS 13/1991/Cape Canavera GPS 14/1991/Cape Canavera1 GPS 15/1992/Cape Canaveral GPS 16/1992/Cape Canavera' GPS 17/1992/Cape Canavera GPS 18/1992/Cape Canavera Wind/1992/Cape Canaveral Polar/1993/Cape Canaveral 24,990kg to 204km 28' LE0(f) 38 missions (1 failure) 18,600kg to 204km 57" LEO (I) STS39 Discovery/May 91/KSC STS40 Columbia/May 91/KSC STS43 Atlantis/Aug 91/KSC STS48 Discovery/Oct 91/KSC STS44 Atlantis/Dec 91/KSC STS42 Discovery/Feb 92/KSC STS45 Atlantis/Apr 92/KSC STS49 Endeavour/May 91/JSC STS50 Columbia/Jun 91/KSC STS46 Atlantis/Aug 91/KSC STS47 Endeavour/Sep 92/KSC STS52 Columbia/Sep 92/KSC 2,250kg to 1,000km 30" (c) 1,100kg to GT0(c) 550kg to GEO (c) 7 launches (successful) First launch was 2-stage version BS3b/1991/Tanegashima ERS 1/1992/Tanegashima 9,400kg to 480km 30' LEO (c) No launch to date 4,000kg to GTO (c) Missions planned: ETS VI, 2,000kg to GEO (c) HOPE, ADEOS, Polar Platform 4.500kg to 800km Sun-sync (c) No launch before 1993 2,000kg to lunar(c) 1,500kg to Venus-Mars 15.5m 272kg to 463km polar (d) 408kg to 463km equatorial 1.500kg to LEO (f) 400kg to GEO (f) 1 launch (successful) DARPALightsats/1991/- 2 x USAF-DARPA Orbcomm NASA SELVS SeaStar/1993/- First launch set for 1992(g) At least 5 launches planned Reservation for BS-400 launches (a) Fed from external tank. (b) Recoverable and reuseable. (c) For retrolire and orbit insertion (d) Shuttle system (ej Orbiter jf) From Kennedy Space Center (KSC) (a) Based on Delta 2914 stage and Rocketdyne engine (b) Each 22kN booster ignites at lift-off (c) From Tanegashima d) Single burn to GEO. restartable 2-burn to LEO (e) For 2-stage burn to GEO (a) Winged booster, 6.7m span (b) Ignites after air drop from B-52 (c) Accomodates 3rd stage (d) From air launch at 12.000m/M0.f (e) Ground-launched, wingless, Peacekeeper 1st stage (I) From Cape Canaveral SPACE SERVICES (USA) Conestoga 2 1st 2nd 1 x Thiokol Star 42B 2 x strap-on 1 x Star 48B 190kg to 740km LEO None to dale
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