The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1962, the latest event was in 2019
Four milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight
1962 – Contract awarded for 15 MM Titan II vehicles for Gemini program
1965 – LAUNCH: Gemini 2 (unmanned), MM Titan II GLV, LC19, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1993 – LANDING: STS-54 (Endeavour), KSC
Military and Classified Programs
1964 – LAUNCH: DMSP-1, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB
1965 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP Block-4A F1, Thor MG-18, SLC10W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1966- First MM Titan IIIB vehicle manufacturing completed
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB
2019 – LAUNCH: USA 290, ULA Delta IVH, SLC6, VAFB – MILESTONE: 5 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs
2006- LAUNCH: New Horizons Spacecraft (to Pluto and beyond), LM Atlas V 551, LC41, CCAFS (ULA Operations began on December 1, 2006 so this is credited to LM)
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite Programs
NONE
Commercial Programs
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs
1995 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident D-5, SSBN-739, ETR – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
1995 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper Operational Test, LF02, VAFB – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
Other
NONE
The photo today is of the launch of the New Horizons spacecraft on an LM Atlas V 551 in 2006. New Horizons flew by Pluto and its tiny moons in 2015 and has returned science and images from other Kuiper Belt objects and could function until 2030. Photo Credit: NASA.
