The first event was in 1964, the latest event was in 2002
Human Spaceflight:
1992 – LANDING: STS-42 (Discovery), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1979 – LAUNCH: MM SCATHA, Delta 2914, LC17B, CCAFS – Spacecraft Charging at High Altitudes
2001 – LAUNCH: LM GPS 2R-7, Delta 7925-9.5, LC17B, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Ranger 6, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, LC12, CCAFS
2002 – LM Mars Odyssey enters Mapping Orbit of Mars
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1997 – LAUNCH: LM GE2, Ariane 44L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1982 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S26, ETR
1987 – LAUNCH (5): MM Pershing 2, Fort Bliss, Texas
Other:
NONE
The artist’s conception and drawing of the SCATHA (Spacecraft Charging at High Altitude) satellite are featured, as is an example of the type of data retrieved during operations. This joint experimental satellite (USAF BMDO/NASA) helped characterize the types of charging that spacecraft structures could experience in orbit.
