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 2015
Human Spaceflight:
1988 – LANDING: STS-27 (Atlantis) landed, Edwards AFB
2015 – LAUNCH: Cygnus S.S. Deke Slayton II (Orb-4), ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS
Military and Classified Programs:
2000 – LAUNCH: USA-155, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36A, CCAFS
2009 – LAUNCH: WGS-3, ULA Delta 4M+(5,4), LC37B, CCAFS
2013 – LAUNCH: USA-247, Cubesats, ULA Atlas V 501, SLC3E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1980 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 5 F2, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: MM Titan II, LC16, CCAFS
1967 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, EAG-154, Johnston Island, Pacific
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN634, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the Cygnus S.S. Deke Slayton II launch by Atlas V 401 in 2015. This ISS supply mission with Cygnus was launched Atlas after an Antares catastrophic failure with the Orb-3 mission.