The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1963, the latest event was in 2009
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1973 – MM X-24B flight 30, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
Military and Classified Programs:
1965- LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 98, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1973 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP-Block-5 F4, Thor Burner 2A, SLC10W, VAFB
2000 – LAUNCH: USA 152, LM Titan IVB(403), SLC4E, VAFB
2009 – LAUNCH: LM GPS IIR-21 (SVN50), ULA Delta 7925-9.5, LC17B, CCAFS – Last GPS IIR, Last Delta II from LC-17B – MILESTONE: 15 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1963 – LAUNCH (6): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN611, ETR
1970 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN627, ETR
Other:
1963 – First test firing of dual RL-10 engines for GD Centaur upper stage
The photo today is of the launch of USA 152 by Titan IVB (403) in 2000 . The photo was found on the USAF/USSF/DoD photo archives (visual information) library and is labeled public domain with the following description and disclaimers:
A Lockheed Martin-built Titan IV B rocket successfully launched a classified pay