The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest was in 1978
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1970 – LAUNCH FAILURE: OAO-B, GD Atlas SLV-3C/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS – payload fairing – Orbiting Astronomical Observatory – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1956 – GD Atlas A (4A), first launch vehicle, delivered to CCAFS
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas E, LC13, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1962- 579th squadron declared operational for GD Atlas F, Walker AFB, New Mexico
1978 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photo today shows an Atlas F at Walker AFB after deployment and before the site was declared operational on this day (579th squadron). The photo was found on Wikipedia and is captioned as follows:
Convair SM-65F Atlas 102 579 SMS Site 11f Arroyo Macho del NM 14 Oct 1962. Public Domain – US government photo source.
