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 2007
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2002 – Shuttle fleet grounded for several weeks after cracks were found in Hydrogen flow lines from the MM External tank to the OV engines
Military and Classified Programs:
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 82, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1995 – LAUNCH: USA 112, MM Titan IVA(401)/MM Centaur, LC41, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 30 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2007 – New mission given to LM Stardust spacecraft (fly by Comet Tempel 1 and observe comet and Deep Impact crater) – Stardust NExT
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Telstar I, Thor Delta, LC17B, CCAFS – Significant space milestone – first commercial communications and television satellite- Built by Bell Labs. Three later generation Telstar satellites were built by GE Astrospace/Lockheed Martin.
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
NONE
Other:
NONE
The photos today are of two events.
First, there are photos from a significant historical event, the launch of Telstar I in 1962. Another photo shows the spacecraft configuration from a museum model. Built by Bell Labs, this satellite was the first communications and television satellite. Photo Credits: PICRYL, world’s largest database of public domain documents and photos (the launch photo was credited to the San Diego Air and Space Museum).
Second, there are photos of the Titan IVA(401)/Centaur on the pad at LC-41 and at liftoff for the USA-112 mission on this day in 1995. These photos were found in the National Archives and are attributed to a DoD source and were released for any usage.
