The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1950, the latest event was in 1999
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – General Electric selected for Apollo integration and reliability program support
1971 – SPLASHDOWN: Apollo 14, South Pacific
1984 – MM MMU tested in second EVA for STS-41-B (McCandless)
Military and Classified Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB
1969 – LAUNCH: Tacsat1, MM Titan IIIC, LC41, CCAFS
1978 – LAUNCH: Fltsatcom1, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS
1980 – LAUNCH: GPS SVN5, GD Atlas F/SVS, SLC3E, VAFB
1983- LAUNCH: Classified missions, GD Atlas H, SLC3E, VAFB
1986 – LAUNCH: Classified missions, GD Atlas H, SLC3E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1950 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Viking 3 solar photography mission, Martin Viking Sounding Rocket, LC33, White Sands, New Mexico
1999 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5 launched, SSBN740, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an example of a Trident D-5 Ohio-class submarine test launch.
