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                       SPACE CALENDAR
                       April 25, 2003
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Part 2 of 6

June 2003
* Jun ?? - G-Sat 2 GSLV Launch
* Jun ?? - Cosmos Soyuz U Launch
* Jun ?? - Optus C-1/B-Sat 2C Ariane 5 Launch
* Jun 01 - Comet C/2003 G1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (4.102
            AU)
* Jun 02 - Comet C/2003 F1 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (3.594
            AU)
  Jun 02 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 15 Launch (Soviet Venus
            Orbiter)
  Jun 03 - Mercury at Greatest Western Elongation (24 Degrees)
  Jun 04 - Comet Van Biesbroeck Closest Approach To Earth (1.645 AU)
* Jun 06 - Mars Exploration Rover A Delta 2 Launch
  Jun 06 - Mars Express Soyuz-Fregat Launch (Mars Orbiter/Lander)
  Jun 06 - Asteroid 2002 EM7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.196 AU)
  Jun 06 - 20th Anniversary (1983), Venera 16 Launch (Soviet Venus
            Orbiter)
  Jun 08 - Progress M1 N-10 Soyuz FG Launch (International Space
            Station 12P)
* Jun 08 - Asteroid 179 Klytaemnestra Occults HIP 65983 (8.9
            Magnitude Star)
  Jun 08 - Asteroid 2000 HB24 Near-Earth Flyby (0.152 AU)
  Jun 09 - NRO Titan 4B Launch
  Jun 09 - Pluto At Opposition
  Jun 10 - Asteroid 12 Victoria At Opposition (8.8 Magnitude)
  Jun 10 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Explorer 49 Launch (Moon Orbiter)
  Jun 12 - Comet Holt-Olmstead Perihelion (2.159 AU)
  Jun 12 - Comet du Toit-Hartley Closest Approach To Earth (0.921 AU)
  Jun 13 - Comet C/2002 R3 (LONEOS) Perihelion (3.870 AU)
* Jun 15 - SCISAT-1 Pegasus XL Launch
  Jun 15 - Asteroid 2001 VC2 Near-Earth Flyby (0.221 AU)
  Jun 16 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Vostok 6 Launch (Valentina
            Tereshkova - 1st Woman In Space)
  Jun 17 - Asteroid 2001 LF Near-Earth Flyby (0.230 AU)
* Jun 18 - DMSP-16 Titan 2 Launch
  Jun 18 - 20th Anniversary (1983), STS-7 Launch (Sally Ride - 1st US
           Woman In Space)
  Jun 19 - Nozomi, Earth Flyby
  Jun 19 - Comet C/2002 J5 (LINEAR) Closest Approach To Earth (5.233
            AU)
  Jun 20 - Asteroid 8 Flora At Opposition (9.2 Magnitude)
  Jun 20 - Asteroid 2002 YB12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.162 AU)
  Jun 21 - Summer Solstice (19:10 UT)
  Jun 21 - Mercury Passes 0.4 Degrees From Venus
  Jun 22 - Mars Passes 3.1 Degrees From Uranus
  Jun 22 - Asteroid 1998 HM1 Near-Earth Flyby (0.125 AU)
  Jun 22 - 25th Anniversary (1978), Jim Christy's Discovery of Pluto
           Moon Charon
  Jun 25 - Mars Exploration Rover B Delta 2 Launch 
  Jun 25 - Comet C/2002 Y1 (Juels-Holvorcem) Closest Approach To
            Earth (1.487 AU)
  Jun 26 - Comet P/2002 T6 (NEAT-LINEAR) Perihelion (3.388 AU)
* Jun 26 - Asteroid 976 Benjamina Occults TYC 6270-01021-1 (9.4
            Magnitude Star)
  Jun 27 - Comet P/2002 T5 (LINEAR) Perihelion (3.934 AU)
  Jun 27 - Mars Occults TYC 5817-01202-1 (11.8 Magnitude Star)
  Jun 27 - Asteroid 1998 FH12 Near-Earth Flyby (0.050 AU)
  Jun 28 - Comet Gunn Closest Approach To Earth (1.455 AU)
* Jun 28 - Comet C/2003 F1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (4.001 AU)
  Jun 29 - Comet C/2002 J4 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(2.824 AU)
  Jun 29 - George Hale's 135th Birthday (1868)
  Jun 30 - MOST/Mimosa Rokot Launch
  Jun 30 - Mercury Passes 1.5 Degrees From Saturn
  Jun 30 - Asteroid 2002 AA29 Near-Earth Flyby (0.097 AU)
  Jun 30 - 95th Anniversary (1908), Tunguska Explosion

July 2003
  Jul ?? - Cosmos 1 Volna Launch (Solar Sail Mission)
  Jul ?? - AMC-12 Proton K Launch
* Jul ?? - Thuraya-2 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Jul ?? - Horizons 1 Zenit 3SL Launch
* Jul ?? - Double Star 1 CZ-2C/CTS Launch
* Jul ?? - Bilsat 1/Nigeriasat 1/UK-DMC/Cosmos-Parus Cosmos M Launch
* Jul ?? - Cosmos-Glonass N & M Proton K Launch
  Jul 01 - DSCS B6 Delta 4 Launch
  Jul 01 - STARDUST, Deep Space Manuever #3 (DSM-3)
* Jul 01 - 2060 Chiron Closest Approach To Earth (11.183 AU)
  Jul 02 - Comet Smirnova-Chernykh Closest Approach To Earth (3.385
            AU)
  Jul 02 - Asteroid 2001 CC21 Near-Earth Flyby (0.200 AU)
  Jul 02 - Asteroid 2001 XR31 Near-Earth Flyby (0.278 AU)
  Jul 02 - Asteroid 5553 Chodas Closest Approach To Earth (1.951 AU)
  Jul 03 - Asteroid 1999 LT7 Near-Earth Flyby (0.070 AU)
  Jul 04 - Earth At Aphelion (1.017 AU From Sun)
  Jul 04 - Henrietta Leavitt's 135th Birthday (1868)
  Jul 06 - Comet Whipple Perihelion (3.088 AU)
  Jul 06 - Comet Longmore Closest Approach To Earth (2.133 AU)
  Jul 06 - Asteroid 2000 WN63 Near-Earth Flyby (0.233 AU)
  Jul 06 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of
            Jupiter Moon Lysithea
* Jul 07 - Asteroid 2003 FT3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.157 AU)
  Jul 07 - Asteroid 7066 Nessus At Opposition (17.096 AU)
  Jul 08 - Venus Passes 0.8 Degrees From Saturn
  Jul 08 - Asteroid 2000 QP Near-Earth Flyby (0.213 AU)
  Jul 09 - Comet C/2001 HT50 (LINEAR-NEAT) Perihelion (2.792 AU)
  Jul 09 - Asteroid 2003 CC Near-Earth Flyby (0.189 AU)
  Jul 10 - Asteroid 58 Concordia Occults TYC 5737-00035-1 (9.7
            Magnitude)
  Jul 12 - Comet C/2002 X1 (LINEAR) Perihelion (2.487 AU)
  Jul 12 - 15th Anniversary (1988), Phobos 2 Launch (Soviet Mars
            Orbiter)
  Jul 13 - Comet Helin-Lawrence Closest Approach To Earth (2.285 AU)
  Jul 14 - Asteroid 1566 Icarus Closest Approach To Earth (0.978 AU)
  Jul 15 - E-Bird/Smart-1 Ariane 5 Launch
  Jul 15 - Comet Jackson-Neujmin Closest Approach To Earth (1.529 AU)
  Jul 16 - Comet Shoemaker-Levy 4 Perihelion (2.011 AU)
  Jul 16 - Asteroid 2002 MQ3 Near-Earth Flyby (0.279 AU)
* Jul 17 - Rainbow 1 Atlas 5 Launch
  Jul 17 - Moon Occults Mars
  Jul 17 - Asteroid 1149 Volga Occults TYC 0543-00599-1 (9.7
            Magnitude Star)
* Jul 19 - Telstar 8 Zenit 3SL Launch
  Jul 19 - Asteroid 2000 OL8 Near-Earth Flyby (0.079 AU)
  Jul 21 - 5th Anniversary (1998), Galileo, Europa 16 Flyby
  Jul 21 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 4 Launch (Soviet Mars
            Mission)
* Jul 24 - GPS 2R-10 Delta 2 Launch
  Jul 25 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Mars 5 Launch (Soviet Mars
            Orbiter)
  Jul 26 - Mercury Passes 0.3 Degrees From Jupiter
* Jul 26 - Asteroid 54509 (2000 PH5) Near-Earth Flyby (0.012 AU)
* Jul 26 - Asteroid 2002 PN Near-Earth Flyby (0.126 AU)
  Jul 26 - 40th Anniversary (1963), Syncom 2 Launch, 1st
            Geosynchronous Satellite
  Jul 28 - 30th Anniversary (1973), Skylab-3 Launch
  Jul 29 - South Delta-Aquarids Meteor Shower Peak
  Jul 30 - Comet C/2002 L9 (NEAT) Closest Approach To Earth(6.363 AU)
  Jul 30 - 65th Anniversary (1938), Seth Nicholson's Discovery of
            Jupiter Moon Carme

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