The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1968, the latest was in 2023
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1973 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2007 – LAUNCH: Dawn, ULA Delta 7925H, LC17B, CCAFS – Mission to Ceres and Vesta in the asteroid belt
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
2021 – LAUNCH: Landsat 9, 3 cubesats, ULA Atlas V 401, SLC3W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1997- LAUNCH (5): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A1, VAFB
2023 – LAUNCH: LM Trident II D-5 Life Extension Demo, SSBN-743, WTR
Other:
1995 – Final MM (GD) Atlas produced in California – production moved to Denver
The photos today are of two launches:
First, there is the launch of the Dawn spacecraft on ULA Delta 7925H in 2007. Photo Credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Robert Murray. Dawn traveled to the asteroid belt and investigated Ceres and Vesta.
Second, there is a photo of the launch of Landsat 9 in 2021 on ULA Atlas V 401. Photo Credit: NASA/GSFC.
