The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2001.
Human Spaceflight:
2001 – LANDING: STS-104 (Atlantis), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB
1996- LAUNCH: UHF F7, LM Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1990 – LAUNCH: CRRES, GD Atlas I, LC36B, CCAFS – magnetosphere research satellite
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC19, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, LC16, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN654, ETR
1986 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S27, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the Atlas I on the pad in 1990 for the CRRES (Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite) launch.