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Aeronautics and Space Report of the President 4 or3 iue andwithdiminishingsolarpower. beganspinninguncontrollably 1hour31minutes 283.2km 505km 1hour35minutes 9daysoffreeflight. similartoSTS-85 ofaroboticarm. 57.0° LMLV-1* 44A Manipulator FlightDemonstration SSTI- Aug. 23,1997 1hour30minutes Delta II* 43A-E Iridium 26-22 ultravioletradiation. Aug. 21,1997 Space Shuttle packageoffourexperimentson 39B CRISTA-SPAS-2 Aug. 7,1997 Space Shuttle 39A (STS-85) rve 297km 1hour31minutes 11hours53minutes 635km 19,903km Space Shuttle Aug. 7,1997 1hour31minutes Pegasus XL* 37A Orbview 2 Aug. 1,1997 Atlas IIAS* 36A Superbird C July 28,1997 Delta II (GPS)satellite. 35A Navstar 43(USA132) July 23,1997 Delta II* 34A-E Iridium 15,17, July 9,1997 Space Shuttle 32A (STS-94) anhDt Apogeeand Perigee(km), Period(min), Remarks InclinationtoEquator(°) MissionObjectives Launch Vehicle COSPAR Designation Spacecraft Name Launch Date Space Shuttle July 1,1997 Delta II* 25A Thor 2A May 20,1997 8 0 n 11hour37minutes 18, 20,and21 Successful LaunchestoOrbitonU.S.Launch Vehicles Discovery Columbia niomna oioigstlie 9. mAfewdaysafterlaunch,Lewis 299.5km 525km Environmental monitoringsatellite. RetrievedbyShuttlecrewafter Orbital parameters performedtheJapanese Communications satellites. 298km German scientificspacecraft. radiation monitorandtheHitchiker elyCIT-PS2ifae 39k Thecrewalsosuccessfully 309km FormerlyknownasSeastar. 319km Deploy CRISTA-SPAS-2 infrared Geosynchronous 20,224km Ocean monitoringsatellite. 645km Japanese communicationssatellite. Global PositioningSystem 294km Communications satellite. Microgravity ScienceLaboratory. elgto T-3ad 9 mMissionproceededsuccessfully. 299km Reflight ofSTS-83and Geosynchronous Norwegian communicationsspacecraft. October 1,1996–September30,1997 A (Continued) PPENDIX B 97.6° 95.0° 90.7° 54.9° 86.4° 28.5° 41 Fiscal Year 1997 Activities . Mir 86.7° 28.7° 70.0° 370 km Michael Foale on 799 km B PPENDIX (Continued) A . 392 km replaced David Wolf Mir October 1, 1996–September 30, 1997 October 1, 1996–September Communications satellites. 559 km Space physics scientific spacecraft.Space physics scientific Military arms control spacecraft. 1,256,768 km Communications satellite.Seventh Shuttle mission to 833 km Geosynchronous Atlantis Successful Launches to Orbit on U.S. Launch Vehicles on U.S. Launch Launches to Orbit Successful 36, 37, and 19 1 hour 36 minutes Explorer (ACE) 1,398 hours (STS-86) 55ASpace ShuttleSep. 26, 1997 Iridium 34, 35, 56A-E Delta II* Administration. Aviation *Commercial launch licensed as such by the Federal 1 hour 32 minutes 1 hour 32 minutes 51.6° 542 km Space Shuttle Aug. 25, 1997 Launch DateSpacecraft NameCOSPAR DesignationLaunch Vehicle Mission Objectives Advanced Composition 45A Delta II Aug. 29, 1997 FORTE Inclination to Equator (°)47APegasus XL Remarks Sep. 4, 1997 GE-3 50A Atlas IIAS* Sep. 25, 1997 Period (min), (km), Perigee Apogee and 179 km 1 hour 41 minutes