The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1963, the latest was in 1996
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1996 – LAUNCH: USA 125, LM Titan IVA(405), LC40, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC25A, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas E, 576-C, VAFB
Other:
1972 – MM Mark IV Monorail enters service, Walt Disney World – Pink
The photo today is an example of a Mark IV Monorail; this photo is from Wikipedia and was released to public domain (no restrictions on usage) by author Knotslanding. Martin Marietta in Orlando built 10 of the 12 monorails for Walt DIsney World as the first generation monorail used at the theme park area. Here are the specifications for the monorail (from Wikipedia):
Period of service: 1971 to 1991
Length: 5 cars: 171 feet, 6 cars: 201 feet
Width: 8 feet 10 inches
Height: 11 feet 7 inches (6 feet 6 inches above monorail beam)
Weight: Maximum gross weight (6 cars) 145,100 pounds
Passenger capacity: 6 cars 244 seated
Energy consumption per passenger mile: 0.14 KWH
