The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1919 (not a typo), the latest event was in 2018
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1963 – NASA selects Astronaut Group 3 with fourteen members including Buzz Aldrin, William Anders, Charles Bassett, Alan Bean, Eugene Cernan, Roger Chaffee, Michael Collins, Walter Cunningham, Donn Eisele, Theodore Freeman, Richard Gordon, Russell Schweickart, David Scott, Clifton Williams
Military and Classified Programs:
1963 – LAUNCH: Vela 1, 2, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 87, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH: ASTEX, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB – USAF technology experiments
2007 – LAUNCH: LM GPS-IIR 17M (SVN55), ULA Delta 7925-9.5, LC17A, CCAFS
2018 – LAUNCH: LM AEHF-4, 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:
NONE
Other:
1919 – Radio Corporation of America (RCA) founded
The photo today is the launch of AEHF-4 on Atlas V 441 in 2018.
Here are details about the photo, which was found on the DoDVI (Visual Information) site.
“United Launch Alliance’s Atlas V AEHF-4 rocket launches October 17, 2018 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. This was the fourth communications satellite in the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) series for the U.S. Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Dalton Williams)”
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