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 2023
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Discoverer 28, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC2E, VAFB
2022 – LAUNCH: LM SBIRS GEO-6, ULA Atlas V 421, LC-41, CCSFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2007 – LAUNCH: LM Mars Phoenix Lander, ULA Delta 7925-9.5, LC17A, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC25A, CCAFS
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC20, CCAFS
1965 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B1, VAFB
1992 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Trident D5, SSBN734, ETR
Other:
2023 – LM opens a new 20,000 square foot facility at Waterton to streamline processing of small satellites like Tranche-1 (one year ago) – the Tranche series will provide low-latency warfighter communications capabilities.
The photos today are from two missions. First there is a photo of the launch of Mars Phoenix Lander in 2007 and a photo of the spacecraft during assembly and testing. Photo credits: Launch – NASA/George Shelton; Processing