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 2021
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – UTC/CSD recommended as solid rocket booster development contractor for MM Titan IIIC program
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 107, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1978 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3A/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
2003 – Final LM DSCS spacecraft shipped to CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2001 – LAUNCH: LM 2001 Mars Odyssey, Delta 7925-9.5, LC17A, CCAFS – entered Mars orbit October 24, 2001, still operational
2021 – LM OSIRIS-REx executes final flyover of asteroid Bennu
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1995 – LAUNCH: AMSC-1, GD Atlas IIA, LC36A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
1998 – LAUNCH (7): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Proton-K/17S40, LC81/23, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1966 – LAUNCH (2), FAILURE (1): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN643, ETR
1967 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-B2, VAFB
1978 – MM Peacekeeper Stage IV awarded to Rocketdyne
1984 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C4, SSBN729, ETR
Other:
NONE
There are two events with images today. The first event includes photos of the launch of 2001 Mars Odyssey in 2001 and photo of the spacecraft being encapsulated prior to launch. Photo Credits: NASA. The spacecraft later was officially known as Mars Odyssey (dropping the 2001 nomenclature). The spacecraft is still operational through at least 2025.
The second event was the final flyover of Asteroid Bennu by OSIRIS-REx in 2021 and one photo is included of the asteroid during that flyover. Photo Credit: NASA.
