The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1954, the latest event was in 2022
Human Spaceflight:
1971 – MM X-24A Flight 24, Dryden Lake – Pilot Cecil Powell
2002 – LAUNCH: STS-109 (Columbia), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, LM Hubble Servicing Mission 3B
Military and Classified Programs:
1972 – LAUNCH: IMEWS3, MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS
2017 – LAUNCH: USA 274, ULA Atlas V 401, SLC3E, VAFB
2022 – LM selects mission payload providers for the next generation early warning satellite system OPIR (Overhead Persistent Infrared)
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
2018 – LAUNCH: GOES 17, ULA Atlas V 451, LC41, CCAFS
2022 – LAUNCH: LM GOES-T, ULA Atlas V 541, LC41, CCSFS
Commercial Programs:
1997 – LAUNCH: LM Intelsat 801, Ariane 44P, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1954 – GD Atlas system propulsion work begins
1957 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, LC3, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, EAG-154, ETR
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC29A, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH: Atlas A, OSTF1, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH: Atlas F, LC11, CCAFS
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN630, ETR
1966 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN611, ETR
1973 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN633, ETR
1974 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two missions on this busy day. First, the STS-109 mission launched on this day in 2002 to perform another Hubble Space Telescope servicing mission; photos include the launch, the crew and work on HST. This was the last successful mission for Columbia prior to the tragic loss of STS-107 in 2003. Second, GOES-T (GOES-18) was launched one year ago (2022) on an Atlas V 541 and photos are included of the spacecraft before integration and the Atlas V on the pad prior to launch.
