The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2020
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 50, Thor/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1E, VAFB
1964 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Dummy Payload, MM Titan IIIA/Transtage, LC20, CCAFS – Pressurization failure, premature shutdown of Transtage (first test flight) – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1970 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3A/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
1972 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SCL4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1997 – LAUNCH (2): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Chang-Zheng 2C-III/SD, LC1, Taiyuan, China
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – GD Atlas D declared operational at VAFB; program taken over by SAC – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN656, ETR
1971 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A1, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH (5): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN616, ETR
1979 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 45 years ago
1982 – LAUNCH (2): MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas
Other:
1971 – MM Mark IV Monorails enter service, Walt Disney World – Orange, Green and Gold – built by Martin Marietta Orlando
2020 – LM will build 10 small satellite mesh networks for Space Development Agency
The photo today is an example of a test launch of a Pershing 1A missile during a test launch. The photo was found on Wikipedia and is described as being the public domain (no photographer identified).
