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On this day – July 2

Posted on July 2, 2025June 16, 2025 By Barb Sande

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 2019

Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)

Human Spaceflight:

2019 – LAUNCH: LM Orion Ascent Abort Test 2, Modified Peacekeeper, LC46, CCAFS – second abort test of the Orion system

Military and Classified Programs:

1964- LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1E, VAFB

1976 – Contract released for MM Titan IIIC launch services through September 1978 ($80 million)

1992 – LAUNCH: GE DSCS III B-12, GD Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS

Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:

NONE

Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:

1965 – LAUNCH: RCA Tiros 10, Thor Delta C, LC17B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago

2014 – LAUNCH: OCO-2, ULA Delta 7320-10C, SLC2W, VAFB – Carbon dioxide monitoring 

Commercial Programs:

NONE

Test, ICBM, FBM programs:

1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC11, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago

1963 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN616, ETR

1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC25A, CCAFS 

1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN633, ETR

Other:

NONE

The photo today is the LM Orion Ascent Abort test 2 on a modified Peacekeeper stage in 2019.   The booster was a repurposed Peacekeeper missile first stage (SR118) procured from the USAF and modified for the mission by Orbital ATK/Northrop Grumman; it was similar to the first stage of the Peacekeeper-derived Minotaur IV The mission’s goal was to demonstrate and qualify the Orion Launch Abort System (LAS) that will allow the astronaut crew to safely escape in the event of an emergency during launch pad operations, through the ascent phase of the Orion vehicle. Photo Credit: NASA/Tony Gray and Kevin O’Connor – released to public domain. 

July 2 – A fully functional Launch Abort System (LAS) with a test version of Orion attached, launches on NASA’s Ascent Abort-2 (AA-2) atop a Northrop Grumman provided booster on July 2, 2019, at 7 a.m. EDT, from Launch Pad 46 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. During AA-2, the booster will send the LAS and Orion to an altitude of 31,000 feet, traveling at Mach 1.15 (more than 1,000 mph). The LAS’ three motors will work together to pull the crew module away from the booster and prepare it for splashdown in the Atlantic Ocean. The flight test will prove that the abort system can pull crew to safety in the unlikely event of an emergency during ascent. Photo Credit: Lockheed Martin.
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