The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1966, the latest event was in 2015
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
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Military and Classified Programs:
1974 – LAUNCH: NTS-1, GD Atlas F/PTS, SLC3W, VAFB – early navigation satellite (precursor to GPS) – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
1983 – LAUNCH: NAVSTAR 8, GD Atlas E/SGS-2, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Surveyor 4, GD Atlas D/Centaur, LC37B, CCAFS
2015 – New Horizons flys by dwarf planet Pluto (launched by LM Atlas vehicle in 2006)
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1966 – LAUNCH (Partial failure): OV1-7, -8, GD Atlas D, 576-B3, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
2000 – LAUNCH: Echostar 6, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S22, ETR
1979 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4, SSBN547, ETR – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
1980 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN634, ETR
1993- LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF05, VAFB
Other:
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The photo today is a first image of dwarf planet Pluto in 2015 by the New Horizons spacecraft, which was launched on an LM Atlas vehicle in 2006. Photo Credit: NASA/JHUAPL (Johns-Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory).
