The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1958, the latest event was in 2013
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 67, Thor-DM21/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3E, VAFB
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 97, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W VAFB
1993 – LAUNCH: MM (GE) DSCS III B-9, GD Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS
2013 – LAUNCH: LM MUOS-2, ULA Atlas V 551, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas B, LC11, CCAFS
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC25A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1968 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2E, SSBN611, ETR
1996 – LAUNCH: LM Trident D5, SSBN611, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is from the MUOS-2 mission launch in 2013. The photo was found on the USAF/USSF/DoD photo archives (visual information) library and is labeled public domain with the following description and disclaimers:
“An Atlas V rocket launches the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) 2 satellite from Space Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. MUOS is a next-generation narrow band tactical satellite communications system designed to significantly improve beyond-line-of-sight communications for U.S. forces on the move. (U.S. Navy photo courtesy of NASA by Patrick H. Corkery/Released)”
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