The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1955, the latest event was in 1999
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1965 – LAUNCH: AS-103 (SA-9), LC37B, CCAFS – Boilerplate Apollo CSM, Pegasus micrometeorite satellite. MILESTONE: 60 years ago.
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – MM was awarded a contract by Space Systems Division to study the design criteria for a standardized Titan III launch
1972 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified spacecraft, MM Titan 33B, SLC-4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1999 – LAUNCH: JCSAT-6, LM Atlas IIAS, LC36A, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – MIT was awarded a contract to develop an all-inertial guidance system with AC Delco for the Martin Titan I ICBM program – this technology was later transferred to the Atlas program and Titan I used a radio guidance system – MILESTONE: 70 years ago
1962 – TEST FAILURE: MM Titan II (N-7) explodes in first silo test at VAFB
1962 – GD Atlas D launched, 576-B2, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH FAILURE: MM Titan II, 395-C, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of AS-103 in 1965. This was the first boilerplate Apollo CSM (Command/Service Module) launch and the Pegasus micrometeoroid satellite was included in the stack. Photo Credit: NASA/MSFC.
