The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest event was in 2007
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Classified missions, Thor/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH: Classified mission launched, MM Titan IIID, SLC4E, VAFB – First Titan IIID at VAFB
2007 – LAUNCH: USA 194, ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1988 – LAUNCH: GE PanAmSat 1 (and two other spacecraft), Ariane 44LP, ELA2, Kourou, French Guiana – First Ariane 4
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – First Convair/GD Atlas production engine delivered (North American Aviation)
1965 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN620, ETR
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, LC25C, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1984 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, TP01, VAFB – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photo today was found in the Kirtland AFB Photo Archives (released to Public Domain) and it shows the protected Rocketdyne (North American Aviation) engine installation on an Atlas A ICBM. The first production engine for Atlas was delivered on this day in 1956.
