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 2004
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – MM X-24A flight 18, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
Military and Classified Programs:
1971 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP-Block-5B F1, Thor Burner 2A, SLC10W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: OGO-2, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB – Orbital magnetosphere observatory
Commercial Programs:
2004 – LAUNCH: LM AMC-15 Proton-M/Briz-M, LC200/39, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, EAG-154, ETR
1967 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A2, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN635, ETR
1974 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A3, VAFB
1977 – The ICBM office requested proposals for Stages I-IV of Missile-X (Peacekeeper)
1983 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF03, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the AMC-15 launch on Proton-M in 2004. AMC-15 is a commercial communications satellite.
