The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1919, the latest event was in 2018
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Vela 1, 2, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
1964 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH: ASTEX, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB – USAF technology experiments
2007 – LAUNCH: LM GPS-IIR 17M (SVN55), ULA Delta 7925-9.5, LC17A, CCAFS
2018 – LAUNCH: LM AEHF-4, ULA Atlas V 551, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
NONE
Other:
1919 – Radio Corporation of America (RCA) founded
The photos today are of the AEHF-4 satellite being prepped and the launch on Atlas V 551 in 2018.