The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2020
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1E, VAFB
1964 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Dummy Payload, MM Titan IIIA/Transtage, LC20, CCAFS – Pressurization failure, premature shutdown of Transtage (first test flight)
1970 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3A/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
1972 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SCL4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1997 – LAUNCH (2): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Chang-Zheng 2C-III/SD, LC1, Taiyuan, China
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – GD Atlas D declared operational at VAFB; program taken over by SAC
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN656, ETR
1971 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A1, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH (5): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN616, ETR
1979 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
1982 – LAUNCH (2): MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas
Other:
1971 – MM Mark IV Monorails enter service, Walt Disney World – Orange, Green and Gold – built by Martin Marietta Orlando
2020 – LM will build 10 small satellite mesh networks for Space Development Agency
The photo today is of the Orange Mark IV monorail being assembled at Martin Marietta Orlando. This monorail, along wit the Green and Gold monorails, were delivered just before the first Walt Disney World park (Magic Kingdom) opened to the public in October, 1971.
