The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1949, the latest event was in 2008
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4W, VAFB
1989 – LAUNCH: USA 45, MM Titan II/SLV, SLC4W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 35 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
2003 – Handling incident with NOAA-N spacecraft at Sunnyvale
Commercial Programs:
1996 – LAUNCH: LM Inmarsat 3 F2, Proton-K/DM-2, LC81/23, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
2008 – LAUNCH: GeoEye-2, ULA Delta 7420-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1949 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Viking 2 Aeronomy/Photography mission, Martin Viking 2, LC33, White Sands, New Mexico – MILESTONE: 75 years ago
1958 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, Platform AVM1 (USS Norton Sound), Atlantic – Argus III
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN625, ETR
Other:
1963 – NASA and DoD announce a new agreement on procurement and usage of Lockheed Agena upper stages (Agena usage at CCAFS assigned to NASA, Agena usage at VAFB assigned to DoD)
The photo today is a Lockheed X-17 being readied for launch from the USS Norton Sound in the south Atlantic as part of the three-launch Argus nuclear test program in 1958, with the last launch taking place on this date in 1958. Photo Credit: AEC/USDE found on Wikipedia and described as being in the public domain.
