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 2016
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP Block 4A F11, Thor Burner 2, SLC10W, VAFB
1969 – LAUNCH: Vela 9-10, Experimental payloads, MM Titan IIIC, LC41, CCAFS
1977 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3A/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2016 – LM OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered to the launch site
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1995 – LAUNCH: GOES-9, GD Atlas I, LC36B, CCAFS
Commercial Programs:
1981 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 5 F1, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
1984 – LAUNCH: RCA Spacenet1, Ariane 1, ELA1, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, EAG-154, ETR
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC20, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN610, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft being uncrated at PHSF.