The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2022
Human Spaceflight:
1965 – LAUNCH FAILURE: A-003 (Apollo abort test), GD Little Joe II, LC36, White Sands, New Mexico – uncontrolled roll
1996 – LAUNCH: STS-77 (Endeavour), LC39B, KSC – 7 person crew, Spacehab/MIR
2001 – LAUNCH: STS-101 (Atlantis), LC39A, KSC – 6 person crew, ISS logistics
2022 – LAUNCH: Starliner test (OFT-2), Atlas V, LC-41, CCSFS – uncrewed, successful dock with ISS
Military and Classified Programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1983 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 5 F6, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS
2004 – LAUNCH: LM AMC-11, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas D launched, LC14, CCAFS – observed by the newly selected Mercury 7 astronauts
1967 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A1, VAFB
1973 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN656, ETR
1980 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
1985 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S22, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the launch of OFT-2 (Starliner) on Atlas V in 2022.
