The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest was in 2022
Human Spaceflight:
1968 – Success of Apollo 7 mission in October leads to a final decision on this date to make Apollo 8 a lunar orbit mission
Military and Classified Programs:
1973 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 23D, SLC4E, VAFB
1979 – Design work completed on MM Titan 34D facilities at CCAFS
2000 – LAUNCH: LM GPS IIR-6 (SVN 41), Delta 7925-9.5, LC17A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: RCA ESSA-6, Thor Delta E1, SLC2E, VAFB
2022 – LAUNCH: JPSS-2 (NOAA-21), ULA Atlas V 401, SLC-3E, VSFB – Final Atlas V flight from VAFB/VSFB
Commercial Programs:
1984 – LAUNCH: RCA Spacenet F2 (also MARECS 2), Ariane 3, ELA1, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC25A, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas E, LC13, CCAFS – sustainer engine
1967 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A1, VAFB
1986 – LAUNCH (4): MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas
1992 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Trident D-5, SSBN734, ETR
1997 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5, SSBN737, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the last Atlas V launch at VAFB in 2022 (an Atlas V 401) with the JPSS (Joint Polar Satellite System)/NOAA-21 spacecraft.
