The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was 2018
Human Spaceflight:
1964 – LAUNCH: Fire 1, GD Atlas D, LC12, CCAFS – Subscale model of Apollo capsule
1972 – KSC and VAFB announced as operational bases for the Space Shuttle
1981 – LANDING: STS-1 (Columbia), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1984 – LAUNCH: DSP-12, MM Titan 34D/Transtage, LC40, CCAFS
2018 – LAUNCH: AFSPC-11, ULA Atlas V 551, LC41, CCSFS – Air Force Space Command 11 – dual payload with CBAS and EAGLE platforms (yeah, more acronyms). CBAS – Continuous Broadcast Augmenting SATCOM (an acronym in an acronym); EAGLE – EELV [Secondary Payload Adapter] Augmented Laboratory Experiment (another acronym in an acronym)
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1969 – LAUNCH: RCA Nimbus 3, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
2008 – LAUNCH: ICO G1, ULA Atlas V 421, LC41, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas D, LC13, CCAFS – FAILURE – first Atlas D
1960 – TEST: Lockheed Polaris A1 underwater test, San Clemente, California
1968 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN598, ETR
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S23, ETR
2012 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5, SSBN738, ETR
Other:
NONE
There are photos from two missions today. First, there is a photo of the crew of STS-1 (Columbia) disembarking after their successful mission and landing in 1981. Second, there is a photo of the AFSPC-11 launch on Atlas V 551 in 2018.
