The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2014
Human Spaceflight:
1961 – LAUNCH: Mercury MA-2, GD Atlas D, LC14, CCAFS – test launch to evaluate aerodynamic heating oand re-entry
1964 – MM Titan/Gemini launch vehicle subsystem verification tests begin on Complex 19, CCAFS
1997 – LANDING: STS-82 (DIscovery), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE (Partial): Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena A, SLC1E, VAFB – PARTIAL FAILURE (Agena)
2014 – LAUNCH: GPS SVN64 IIF-5, ULA Delta 4M+(4.2), LC17B, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1981 – LAUNCH: Comstar 4, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
2002 – LAUNCH: LM Echostar 7, LM Atlas 3B, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas D, 576-D3, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN618, ETR
1986 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4 launched, SSBN732, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-82, returning to Earth after the second Hubble Servicing mission in 1997.
