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Topic: How do they # the shuttle missions?
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manilajim
Member Posts: 256
From: Bergenfield, NJ USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 08-01-2000 03:40 PM
   
Hi. I am at a loss to understand how they number the shuttle missions. At first was it chronological? And now it's some kind of a code...? Please talk me down. Your help is much appreciated. A curious -
Jim Sigler |
Russ Still
Member Posts: 535
From: Atlanta, GA USA
Registered: Nov 1999
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posted 08-01-2000 06:03 PM
From "Relics of the Space Race", page 107:In 1983, a new Shuttle mission numbering scheme was devised. Previously, missions had been numbered sequentially, 1 through 9. In the new designation, mission numbers were divided into three parts: fiscal year (4, 5, 6, etc.), launch site (1=KSC, 2=Vandenberg), and a sequence letter (A, B, C, etc.). Thus, STS-11 (STS-10 was cancelled) became STS 41-B. Following the Challenger disaster, mission designations returned to their original numeric sequencing. |
manilajim
Member Posts: 256
From: Bergenfield, NJ USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 08-01-2000 07:42 PM
Thanks. But I am still not certain. For example - STS 95. It was launched in 1998 in Florida. How do the numbers correspond? Thanks for your help. Jim Sigler |
astronut
Member Posts: 969
From: South Fork, CO
Registered: Mar 2000
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posted 08-01-2000 11:51 PM
What Russ means is that since the Challenger explosion, the missions are numbered in order of intended flight. STS-95 was the 95th mission. Only problem now is that the International Space Station delays have got the missions out of order again, as they stick with the number assigned a mission when it's planned, even if it flys at a later date.------------------
Wayne Edelman |
jcid
Member Posts: 54
From: BELGIUM - Europe
Registered: May 2000
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posted 08-02-2000 02:00 AM
That's all correct guys, the rescheduling of missions, mostly due to ISS module delays ... brings the fact that STS-92 & STS-97 will be launched months after STS-106 ...
The 100th Shuttle mission is upcoming ! |
manilajim
Member Posts: 256
From: Bergenfield, NJ USA
Registered: May 2000
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posted 08-02-2000 04:22 PM
Thanks to everyone. I've finally got the idea. Jim Sigler |
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