The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1965, the latest event was in 2014
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1965 – LAUNCH: FIRE- 2, GD Atlas D Antares-2, LC12, CCAFS – subscale Apollo capsule heat shield test
1975 – MM X-24B flight 51, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
Military and Classified Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB
1999 – LAUNCH: USA-144, LM Titan IVB(404), SLC4E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 25 years ago
2014 – LAUNCH: USA-252, ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 10 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1975 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 4 F1, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1970 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN625, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is from the FIRE-2 test that was launched by Atlas D/Antares-2 in 1965 to test the heat shield material intended for launch on the Apollo Command module. Here’s the story from Wikipedia:
During the second trial, a propelled instrumented probe, referred to as a “flying thermometer,” was launched into a ballistic trajectory over 805 km high by an Atlas D booster (missile 264D).As the spacecraft initiated its descent after 26 minutes of flight, the Antares rocket accelerated its fall. The probe entered the atmosphere at a velocity of 40,877 km per hour, generating temperatures of approximately 11,206 K.Ground stations received data on heating throughout the descent. Thirty-two minutes post-launch, and a mere six minutes after the Antares ignition, the device impacted in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 8,256 km southeast of the Cape.
Photo is shared from a NASA report on the test and was uploaded to Wikipedia by VMI-Dave. This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
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