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On this day – September 5

Posted on September 5, 2024August 12, 2024 By Barb Sande

The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.

The earliest event was in 1964, the latest event was in 2007

Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)

Human Spaceflight:

1983 – LANDING: STS-8 (Challenger), Edwards AFB

1984 – LANDING: STS-41-D (Discovery), Edwards AFB – MILESTONE: 40 years ago

Military and Classified Programs:

1988 – LAUNCH: USA 32, MM Titan II/SLV, SLC4W, VAFB- First launch of Titan II/SLV

Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:

1977 – LAUNCH: Voyager 1, MM Titan IIIE/GD Centaur, LC41, CCAFS – Jupiter and Saturn fly-bys, escape from the solar system, Voyager 1 is still operational in September, 2023

2002 – NASA awards the contract worth $824 million for the Webb/Next generation telescope to TRW (now Northrop Grumman); Lockheed Martin loses out on successor to HST.  JWST finally launched on December 25, 2021, with a total cost estimated at $10 billion (including operations). 

Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:

1964 – LAUNCH: OGO-1, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, LC12, CCAFS – orbiting geophysical observatory – MILESTONE: 60 years ago

Commercial Programs:

2007 – LAUNCH FAILURE: LM JCSAT-11, Proton-M/Briz-M, LC200/39, Baikonur, Kazakhstan – Second stage engine

Test, ICBM, FBM programs:

1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN631, ETR – MILESTONE: 60 years ago

Other:

NONE

The photos today are from two missions:  First, the there is launch of Voyager 1 in 1977 by a Titan IIIE/Centaur vehicle (the spacecraft is still active as of this day in 2024). Voyager 1 made fly-by passes of Jupiter, Saturn and the Saturnian moon Titan.  Photo Credit: NASA. 

Second, there is a photo the first Titan II/SLV launch vehicle on the pad at VAFB before the launch of USA-32 in 1988.   This photo was found on Wikipedia and is attributed to a USAF press release and was released to the public domain (Photo Credit: USAF). 

September 5 – Voyager 1 is launched by a Titan IIIE/Centaur. Photo Credit: NASA.
September 5 – First Titan II/SLV on the pad prior to launch. Photo Credit: Public Domain (found on Wikipedia, attributed to a USAF press release).
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