The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2019
Four milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2019 – LAUNCH: LM Orion Ascent Abort Test 2, Modified Peacekeeper, LC46, CCAFS – second abort test of the Orion system – MILESTONE: 5 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1964- LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1976 – Contract released for MM Titan IIIC launch services through September 1978 ($80 million)
1992 – LAUNCH: GE DSCS III B-12, GD Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: RCA Tiros 10, Thor Delta C, LC17B, CCAFS
2014 – LAUNCH: OCO-2, ULA Delta 7320-10C, SLC2W, VAFB – Carbon dioxide monitoring – MILESTONE: 10 years ago
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC11, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN616, ETR
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC25A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN633, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the LM Orion Ascent Abort test 2 on a modified Peacekeeper stage in 2019. The booster was a repurposed Peacekeeper missile first stage (SR118) procured from the USAF and modified for the mission by Orbital ATK/Northrop Grumman; it was similar to the first stage of the Peacekeeper-derived Minotaur IV The mission’s goal was to demonstrate and qualify the Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) that will allow the astronaut crew to safely escape in the event of an emergency during launch pad operations, through the ascent phase of the Orion vehicle. Photo Credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Kevin O’Connor – released to public domain.
