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 2015
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1970 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2H/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1972 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB
1975 – LAUNCH FAILURE: DSCS II-05, 06, MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS – Transtage attitude control lost
2015 – LAUNCH: USA-261/Cubesats, ULA Atlas V 501, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1978 – LAUNCH: Pioneer Venus Orbiter, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: RCA DSMP Block 4A F3, Thor Burner 1, SLC10W, VAFB
2005 – LAUNCH: LM NOAA-18 (N), Delta 7320-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1999 – LAUNCH: LM Nimiq-1, Proton-K/DM-2M, LC81/23, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC12, CCAFS
1969 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II VAFB 395-B
1986 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN659, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur on the pad just before the launch of Pioneer Venus Orbiter in 1978.
