The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The first event was in 1955, the latest event was in 1998.
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1971 – MM X-24A flight 22, Dryden Lake – Pilot Cecil Powell
Military and Classified Programs:
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena A, SLC1W, VAFB – Failure of Agena upper stage
1970 – LAUNCH: SERT2, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1998 – LAUNCH: LM (RCA) Inmarsat 3 F5 (also Brasilsat B3), Ariane 44LP, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – LAUNCH: Martin Viking 12 re-entry vehicle, LC33, White Sands, New Mexico – final launch of a Viking sounding rocket – reached an altitude of 143.5 miles
1959 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas B, LC11, CCAFS – last Atlas B at Cape – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC29A, CCAFS
1963- LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN599, ETR
1970 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris C3, EAG-154, ETR
1971 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN598, ETR
1980 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN654, ETR
1989 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN654, ETR – MILESTONE: 35 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the Viking 12 sounding rocket full-scale model that Martin Marietta donated to the Smithsonian, a photo of Earth from the last Viking sounding rocket flight on this day in 1955 and a drawing showing the two Viking configurations.
