The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2015
Five milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1970 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 138, Thor SLV-2H/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1972 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB
1975 – LAUNCH FAILURE: DSCS II-05, 06, MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS – Transtage attitude control lost – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
2015 – LAUNCH: USA-261/Cubesats, ULA Atlas V 501, LC41, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 10 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1978 – LAUNCH: Pioneer Venus Orbiter, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36A, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: RCA DSMP Block 4A F3, Thor Burner 1, SLC10W, VAFB
2005 – LAUNCH: LM NOAA-18 (N), Delta 7320-10C, SLC2W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Commercial Programs:
1999 – LAUNCH: LM Nimiq-1, Proton-K/DM-2M, LC81/23, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC12, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1969 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II VAFB 395-B
1986 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN659, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur on the pad just before the launch of Pioneer Venus Orbiter in 1978. Photo Credit: NASA.
