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 2021.
Human Spaceflight:
1998 -LAUNCH: STS-91 (Discovery), LC39B, KSC – 6 person crew, final MIR mission
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB
1976 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 34B, SLC4W, VAFB
2009 – LM awarded $1.5 billion follow-on contract for SBIRS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2021 – LM will build DaVinci and VERITAS spacecraft, Discovery missions to Venus. (NOTE: In November 2011, the VERITAS mission development was delayed from 2029 to 2031 due to limited resources and recovery of the Psyche mission).
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN610, ETR
2014 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D5, SSBN736, ETR
Other:
NONE
The drawings today are of the DaVinci (DAVINCI – Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) and VERITAS (Venus Emissivity, Radio Science, InSAR, Topography, and Spectroscopy) missions.
Contracts were awarded on this day in 2021, but VERITAS is delayed as long as two years.