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 2006
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1958 – Nine GD Atlas vehicles ordered for Project Mercury
1964 – LAUNCH: A-002/BP23, GD Little Joe II, LC36, White Sands, New Mexico – Apollo boilerplate launch – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1983 – LANDING: STS-9 (Columbia), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1977 – LAUNCH: NOSS-2, GD Atlas F/MSD, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1995 – ORBITAL INSERTION: Galileo spacecraft goes into orbit around Jupiter. Martin Marietta provided the Galileo AACS computer and the RTGs.
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1997- LAUNCH (2): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Chang-Zheng 2C-III/SC, LC1, Taiyuan, China
1997 – LAUNCH: Galaxy 8i, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36B, CCAFS
2006 – LAUNCH: LM AMC-18 (also WildBlue 1), Ariane 5, ELA3, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – LAUNCH: Vanguard TV-O test, Martin Viking sounding rocket (Vanguard TV-0), LC18-A, CCAFS – suborbital test of Vanguard science package
1958 – LAUNCH: Martin Bold Orion, B-47 aircraft, CCAFS
1963 – 363rd squadron of MM Titan II ICBMs transferred to SAC, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas
1964 – LAUNCH: MM Titan I, 395-A1, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the landing of STS-9 at Edwards AFB in 1983. Photo Credit: NASA.
