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 2014
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Discoverer 31, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC2E, VAFB
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 51, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB
2014 – LAUNCH: USA-257, ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 10 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1986 – LAUNCH: GE (RCA) NOAA 10 (G), GD Atlas E, SLC3W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas D, LC13, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC11, CCAFS
1963 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, 396-A2, VAFB
1969 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, LC25D, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1986 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Trident C4, SSBN632, ETR
1991 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF02, VAFB
1997 – LAUNCH: LM Peacekeeper, LF05, VAFB
Other:
None
The first image today is a typical Atlas E/F Star launch vehicle, similar to the one used in 1986 to launch NOAA 10 (see credit below). The second image is from the historical archives at NOAA (public domain) and is an artist’s conception of an advanced TIROS-N satellite similar to the NOAA-10 (G) launched in 1986.
Typical Atlas E/F Star From: Krebs, Gunter D. “Atlas-E/-F Star-37S ISS”. Gunter’s Space Page. Retrieved August 22, 2024, from https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/atlas-ef_iss. htm
Apologies for the poor images: A long search of multiple databases failed to find a photo of the actual launch of NOAA-10. I was also unable to find a public domain-released photo of the USA-257 launch in 2014.
