The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1958, the latest event was in 1994
Human Spaceflight:
1985 – LAUNCH: STS-51-I (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 5 person crew, deployed three satellites including RCA ASC-1 (American Satellite Company-1)
Military and Classified Programs:
1994 – LAUNCH: USA 105, MM Titan IVA(401)/Centaur, LC40, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Mariner 2, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, LC12, CCAFS – first successful fly-by of another planet (Venus)
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1970 – LAUNCH: RCA Transit O19, Scout A, SLC-5, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, Platform AVM1, Atlantic – Argus I
1959 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris AX, EAG-154, ETR
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC25A, CCAFS
1964 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas E, OSTF-1, VAFB
1974 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN600, ETR
1980 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Trident C4, SSBN 655, ETR
1988 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident D5, LC46, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from the STS-51-I mission in 1985. They include the launch, the crew and the deployment of the ASC-1 spacecraft built by RCA.
