The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2006
Human Spaceflight:
2006- LANDING: STS-116 (Discovery), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3E, VAFB
1984 – LAUNCH: DSP 6R, MM Titan 34D/Transtage, LC40, CCAFS
1994 – LAUNCH: DSP-1 Block 14 F17, MM Titan IVA(402)/IUS, LC40, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1997 – LAUNCH: LM Intelsat 804, Ariane 42L, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, SSBN601, ETR
1962 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A1, VAFB
1964 – MM Titan I operational inventory to be retired by June 30, 1965
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN632, ETR
1964 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-E, VAFB
1965 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
1970 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB
Other:
1974 – MM MarkIV Monorail (Black) delivered, Walt Disney World
1985 – GE reacquires RCA
1993 – MM acquires GD Space Systems
The photos today are from two events. First, there is a photo of the DSP-1 Block 14 F17 spacecraft launch on a Titan IVA/402 (IUS) in 1994. Second there is a photo of the black Mark IV monorail built by Martin Marietta and delivered to Walt Disney World in 1974. This was the last Mark IV monorail built by MM.
Also of note on this date – GE reacquired RCA in 1985 and Martin Marietta acquired GD Space Systems in 1993; earlier in 1993 they acquired the GE/RCA Space Systems portion of GE.
