The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2016
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1997- LANDING: STS-85 (Discovery), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Discoverer 6, Thor/Lockheed Agena A, SLC1E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3E, VAFB
2016 – LAUNCH: USA 270, 271, ULA Delta IVM+(4,2), LC37B, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1998 – LAUNCH (2): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Chang-Zheng 2C-III/SD, LC1, Taiyuan, China
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC25A, CCAFS
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN623, ETR – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the landing of STS-85 at KSC in 1997. Photo Credit: NASA.
