The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest was in 2015
Human Spaceflight:
1959 – Saturn launch vehicle system study commissioned by ARPA recommends GD Atlas and MM Titan for upper stage systems
1969 – SPLASHDOWN: Apollo 9 mission, Pacific
1989 – LAUNCH: STS-29 (Discovery), LC39B, KSC – 5 person crew, TDRS-4
Military and Classified Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan TIIIB, SLC4W, VAFB
1977 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB
2008 – LAUNCH: USA-200, ULA Atlas V 411, SLC3E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1985 – LAUNCH: Geosat, GD Atlas E/OIS, SLC3W, VAFB
2015 – LAUNCH: MMS 1-4, ULA Atlas V 421, LC41, CCAFS – NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale Missions
Commercial Programs:
2004 – LAUNCH: MBSAT, LM Atlas 3A, LC37B, CCAFS (Mobile Broadcasting, Japan and South Korea)
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB – last Titan II test launch at VAFB
1970 – LAUNCH: Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB
1982 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN726, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of the four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft on Atlas V 421 in 2015 that are studying the magnetosphere of earth in a tetra formation.
