The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2022
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1990 – LAUNCH: STS-36 (Atlantis), LC39A, KSC – 5 person crew, classified payload. Crew: John Creighton, John Caspar, Pierre Thuot, David Hilmers, Mike Mullane.
Military and Classified Programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor/Lockheed Agena A, SLC1W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1963 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB
1965 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB
1981 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: RCA ESSA-2, Thor Delta E, LC17B, CCAFS
Commercial Programs:
1998 – LAUNCH: LM Intelsat 806, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A3, VAFB
1968 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-B, VAFB
1980 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN657, ETR
1982 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN628, ETR
Other:
2022 – LM to deliver 42 small satellites for the Space Development Agency Tranche 1 Project
The photos today are of the STS-36 launch and crew in 1990. There were limited or no photos during the mission due to the classified payload deployment.

