The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 1994
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1983 – LAUNCH: RCA NOAA 8, GD Atlas E, SLC3W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1986 – LAUNCH: GE GSTAR2 (also Brasilsat A2), Ariane 3, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – MM Titan II squadrons reduced from 14 to 12 squadrons by President Kennedy
1961 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, LC19, CCAFS
1969 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Polaris A2E, SSBN610, ETR
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4, LC25C, CCAFS
1994 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN729, ETR – MILESTONE: 30 years ago.
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of GE GSTAR 2 (and Brasilsat A2) on Ariane 3 in 1986.
