The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1967, the latest event was in 2004
Human Spaceflight:
1985 – LANDING: STS-61-A (Challenger), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIIB, SLC4W, VAFB
1970 – LAUNCH PARTIAL FAILURE: IMEWS-1 launched, MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS – placed in wrong orbit, but spacecraft did have limited operations
1988 – LAUNCH: USA-33, MM Titan 34D, SLC4E, VAFB – Last 34D from VAFB
1995 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Milstar DFS-2, MM Titan IVA (401)/Centaur, LC40, CCAFS
2004 – LAUNCH: LM GPS IIR-13 (SVN 61), Delta 7925-9.5, LC17B, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Lunar Orbiter 2, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1973 – LAUNCH: RCA NOAA-3, Delta 0300, SLC2W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1998 – LAUNCH (5): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1967 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN624, ETR
1996 – LAUNCH: LM Peacekeeper, LF02, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of a Milstar spacecraft being integrated onto a Titan vehicle at CCAFS, the launch of Milstar DFS-2 in 1995 and the Titan IVA(401) vehicle on the pad at sunset just before launch. This was a favorite photo for many folks on the Titan program and it hung in my work space for quite a few years.
