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 2016
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP Block 4A F11, Thor Burner 2, SLC10W, VAFB
1969 – LAUNCH: Vela 9-10, Experimental payloads, MM Titan IIIC, LC41, CCAFS
1977 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3A/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2016 – LM OSIRIS-REx spacecraft delivered to the launch site
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1995 – LAUNCH: GOES-9, GD Atlas I, LC36B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
Commercial Programs:
1981 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 5 F1, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS
1984 – LAUNCH: RCA Spacenet1, Ariane 1, ELA1, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, EAG-154, ETR – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC20, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN610, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are from two events. First, the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft being prepared for transfer to the launch pad in 2016. Photo Credit: NASA/Glenn Benson, released to the public domain.
The second photo is of the Atlas I on the pad just before launch of GOES-9 (J) in 1995. Found on Wikipedia, attributed to NASA/MSFC photo archives.
