The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2003
Human Spaceflight:
1964 – LAUNCH: Gemini I, MM Titan II/GLV, LC19, CCAFS – unmanned first test, qualified the stack
1965 – RCA receives a contract from NASA for Apollo deep-space tracking and data acquisition systems
1993 – LAUNCH: STS-56 (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 5 person crew, Atlas 2 and Spartan experiments
1997 – LANDING: STS-83 (Columbia), KSC
2002 – LAUNCH: STS-110 (Atlantis), LC39B, KSC – 7 person crew, ISS assembly
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1E, VAFB
1970 – LAUNCH (2): Vela 11, 12, MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS
2003 – LAUNCH: LM Milstar 6 (2-F4), LM Titan IVB(401)/Centaur, LC40, CCAFS – Final Milstar system
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Surveyor Model, GD Atlas D/Centaur, LC37B, CCAFS – Centaur propulsion leak
1967 – LAUNCH: OAO-1, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, LC12, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1970 – LAUNCH: RCA Nimbus 4, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC16, CCAFS
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas D, LC11- exploded at liftoff
1963- LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, EAG-154, Johnston Island, Pacific
1983 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN642, ETR
1992 – LAUNCH(2): Lockheed Trident C4, SSBN655, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the last Milstar launch on Titan IVB/Centaur in 2003 and a photo of a Milstar 2 system being processed.
