The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1958, the latest event was in 2013
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 89, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1970 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 140, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1983 – LAUNCH: RCA DSMP-Block-5B5 D2-2, GD Atlas E, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1961 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Ranger 2, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B – gyro failure on Agena led to lack of engine restart
2013 – LAUNCH: LM MAVEN, ULA Atlas V 401, LC41, CCAFS – Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution Explorer spacecraft
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas B launched, LC11, CCAFS
1959 – Titan II development and establishment of 14 squadrons for deployment approved by USAF – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1980 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S26, ETR
1983 – LAUNCH: MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of the MAVEN launch in 2013, an artist’s rendering of the spacecraft and an example of some of the science results from MAVEN, which is still in operation. Photo and Image Credits: NASA.
