The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1963, the latest event was in 2011
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1965 – NASA and the White House announce that the canceled Gemini 6 mission will be moved to a launch in December while Gemini 7 is in orbit
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Corona 102, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
2011 – LAUNCH: NPP, Cubesats, ULA Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1982 – LAUNCH: RCA Satcom 5, Delta 7924, LC17B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1963 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas F, LC11, CCAFS
1964 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN616, ETR – MILESTONE: 60 years abo
1980 – LAUNCH (2): MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas
1996 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5, SSBN734, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is of the NPP on the pad with the ULA Delta 7920-10C launch vehicle. This photo was found on Wikipedia and is labeled public domain and has the following description:
A Delta II rocket with its NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) spacecraft payload is seen shortly after the service structure was rolled back on Thursday, Oct. 27, 2011, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. NPP is the first NASA satellite mission to address the challenge of acquiring a wide range of land, ocean, and atmospheric measurements for Earth system science while simultaneously preparing to address operational requirements for weather forecasting. Photo Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls.
