The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest was in 2009
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1977 – LAUNCH: IMEWS7 (precursor to DSP), MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
2009 – LAUNCH: LM NOAA-19 (N-Prime), ULA Delta 7320-10C, SLC2W, VAFB – Spacecraft was damaged in an incident at the factory in 2003 – MILESTONE: 15 years ago
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC15, CCAFS – First test launch of Titan I ICBM – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC25C, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, LC15, CCAFS
1965 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN624, ETR
1970 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN626, ETR
1974 – LAUNCH (5): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN598, WTR – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of NOAA-19 spacecraft after the major handling incident in the factory in 2003 and its launch in 2009 15 years ago. There is also a photo of the first Titan I ICBM launch (successful) in 1959, 65 years ago.