The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1962, the latest event was in 2017.
Human Spaceflight:
1963- LAUNCH: Mercury MA-9 (Faith 7), GD Atlas D, LC14, CCAFS – Final Mercury mission with astronaut L. Gordon Cooper
1997 – LAUNCH: STS-84 (Atlantis), LC39A, KSC – 7 person crew, Spacehab/MIR
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB
1970 – Construction completed on SLC-4E (VAFB) for Titan III program
1987 – LAUNCH: USA 22-24, GD Atlas H, SLC3E, VAFB – Last Atlas H
2008 – USAF awards LM $1.4 Billion contract to build GPSIII
2013 – LAUNCH: GPS IIF-4 (SVN66), ULA Atlas V 411, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: RCA Nimbus-2, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena B, SLC2-E, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
2012 – LAUNCH: LM Vinasat-2, LM JCSAT-13, Ariane 5ECA, ELA3, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1974 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN659, ETR
1978 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN629, ETR
1983 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S27, ETR
2007 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D5 launched, SSBN734, ETR
Other:
2017 – First modernized LM A2100 spacecraft bus propulsion subsystem completed
The photos today are from two missions. First, there are photos of the launch of Mercury-Atlas 9 and astronaut Gordon Cooper; MA-9 (Faith 7) was last Mercury mission. Second, there are photos of the commercial satellites Vinasat-2 and JCSAT-13 spacecraft and their launch on Ariane 5ECA in 2012. VInasat-2 was built for the government of Vietnam and JCSAT-13 was built for Japanese communications usage.
