The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest event was in 2006
Human Spaceflight:
1958 – Nine GD Atlas vehicles ordered for Project Mercury
1964 – LAUNCH: A-002/BP23, GD Little Joe II, LC36, White Sands, New Mexico – Apollo boilerplate launch
1983 – LANDING: STS-9 (Columbia), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1977 – LAUNCH: NOSS-2, GD Atlas F/MSD, SLC3W, 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/SC, LC1, Taiyuan, China
1997 – LAUNCH: Galaxy 8i, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS
2006 – LAUNCH: LM AMC-18 (also WildBlue 1), Ariane 5, ELA3, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – LAUNCH: Vanguard TV-O test, Martin Viking sounding rocket, LC18A, CCAFS
1958 – LAUNCH: Martin Bold Orion, B-47 aircraft, CCAFS
1963 – 363rd squadron of MM Titan II ICBMs transferred to SAC, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas
1964 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, 395-A1, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photos are of the LM AMC-18 satellite being integrated onto the Ariane 5 vehicle and the launch on Ariane 5 in 2006.
