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On this day – October 8

Posted on October 8, 2024September 20, 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 2015

Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)

Human Spaceflight:

NONE

Military and Classified Programs:

1964 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC-4E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago

2015 – LAUNCH: USA 264, cubesats, ULA Atlas V 401, SLC3E, VAFB

Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:

NONE

Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:

NONE

Commercial Programs:

2009  – LAUNCH: Worldview-2, ULA Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 15 years ago

Test, ICBM, FBM programs:

NONE

Other:

NONE

The photo today is of the launch of USA-264 (NROL-55) on Atlas V 401 in 2015.  The mission also had a number of small cubesat payloads. This photo was downloaded from the public ULA official Flickr photo repository and is labeled © Copyright United Launch Alliance all rights reserved.   The photo is being used for historical/non-profit purposes for retirees of ULA and LM. 

October 8. Launch of NROL-55, Vandenberg AFB. See text for photo credit.
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