The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1952, the latest event was in 2004.
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1973 – MM X-24B flight 31, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
Military and Classified Programs:
2004 – LAUNCH: USA 179 (NRO-1), LM Atlas IIAS, LC36A, CCAFS – Final Atlas IIAS launch – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1992 – LAUNCH: GE Satcom C4, Delta 7925, LC17B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – First MM Titan II operational missile accepted by USAF at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona
1964 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-D, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1970 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN618, ETR
1986 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4, SSBN630, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of a typical Atlas IIAS configuration and of the patch for the USA-179 (NROL-1) mission, the last Atlas IIAS launch on this day in 2004. An acceptable public domain photo of the launch was not found.
The photo of the typical configuration is from:
Krebs, Gunter D. “Atlas-2AS (Atlas-IIAS)”. Gunter’s Space Page. Retrieved August 06, 2024, from https:// space.skyrocket.de/ doc_lau_det/ atlas-2as.htm
The photo of the patch was found at PICRYL, the world’s largest public domain site; the patch was also found and labeled “public domain” on Wikipedia.
