The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest was in 2015
Five milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1959 – Saturn launch vehicle system study commissioned by ARPA recommends GD Atlas and MM Titan for upper stage systems – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1969 – SPLASHDOWN: Apollo 9 mission, North Atlantic, USS Guadalcanal- MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1989 – LAUNCH: STS-29 (Discovery), LC39B, KSC – 5 person crew, deployed TDRS-4 – MILESTONE: 35 years ago. Crew: Michael Coats, John Blaha, Robert Springer, James Buchli, James Bagian.
Military and Classified Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan TIIIB, SLC4W, VAFB
1977 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB
2008 – LAUNCH: USA-200, ULA Atlas V 411, SLC3E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1985 – LAUNCH: Geosat, GD Atlas E/OIS, SLC3W, VAFB
2015 – LAUNCH: MMS 1-4, ULA Atlas V 421, LC41, CCAFS – NASA Magnetospheric Multiscale Missions
Commercial Programs:
2004 – LAUNCH: MBSAT, LM Atlas 3A, LC37B, CCAFS (Mobile Broadcasting, Japan and South Korea) – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB – last Titan II test launch at VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1970 – LAUNCH: Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB
1982 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN726, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of the four Magnetospheric Multiscale spacecraft on Atlas V 421 in 2015 that are studying the magnetosphere of Earth in a tetra formation.
