The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest event was in 2020
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1995 – LANDING: STS-73 (Columbia) KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Discoverer 34, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC2E, VAFB
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 55, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1W, VAFB
2020 – LAUNCH: LM GPS IIIA-04 (Sacajawea), SpaceX Falcon Nine Block 5, LC40, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1964 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Mariner 3, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS – payload fairing – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: ATS-3, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, LC12, CCAFS
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, LC3, CCAFS
1965 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN627, ETR
1968 – LAUNCH: MM Pershing 1, Gilson Butte, Utah
1997 – LAUNCH: LM Peacekeeper, LF02, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of GPS IIIA-04 on a SpaceX Falcon 9 on this day in 2020. Here is information about the photo, which was found on the Los Angeles Air Force Base website, which has the same requirements for information that is considered public domain and the disclaimers as any other DoD Visual Information site.
A Falcon 9 carrying GPS III SV04 lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, Nov 5. The fourth GPS III satellite, it will join the 31 operational satellites currently orbiting the Earth. GPS III brings new capabilities to users, including three times greater accuracy and up to eight times improved anti-jamming capabilities. (Photo courtesy of SpaceX)
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