The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1954, the latest event was in 1993
Human Spaceflight:
1965 – SPLASHDOWN: Gemini VI-A, one day after launch
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1978 – LAUNCH: RCA Anik B-1, Delta 3914, LC17A, CCAFS
1993 – LAUNCH: MM (GE) Telstar 401, GD Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1954 – USAF publicly announces the start of the GD (Convair) Atlas program production
1958 – LAUNCH: Martin Bold Orion, B-47 aircraft, CCAFS
1959 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC29A, CCAFS
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B3, VAFB
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN634, ETR
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, EAG-154, ETR
1974 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN616, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo collage today is from a site called the Michael Raisch Studios, with images of the Telstar 401 and the Atlas vehicle in 1993. This spacecraft mysteriously malfunctioned in 1997; the failure was attributed to a magnetic storm.
