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 1997
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC2E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Surveyor 1, GD Atlas D/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS – First operational Atlas/Centaur
1971 – LAUNCH: Mariner 9, GD Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS – Mars orbiter, mapping mission
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1974 – LAUNCH: ATS-6, MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS – NASA applications satellite
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1970 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB
1997 – LAUNCH: LM Trident D5, SSBN742, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two launches: The first photo is the launch of Surveyor 1 on Atlas D/Centaur in 1966 (color photo) and this was the first operational Atlas/Centaur; Surveyor 1 successfully landed on the moon. The second photo is the launch of Mariner 9 in 1971 on Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur; Mariner 9 operated in Mars orbit until the fall of 1972.
