The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1967, the latest event was in 2004
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1985 – LANDING: STS-61-A (Challenger), Edwards AFB
Military and Classified Programs:
1968 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIIB, SLC4W, VAFB
1970 – LAUNCH PARTIAL FAILURE: IMEWS-1 launched, MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS – placed in wrong orbit, but spacecraft did have limited operations
1988 – LAUNCH: USA-33, MM Titan 34D, SLC4E, VAFB – Last 34D from VAFB
1995 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Milstar DFS-2, MM Titan IVA (401)/Centaur, LC40, CCAFS
2004 – LAUNCH: LM GPS IIR-13 (SVN 61), Delta 7925-9.5, LC17B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Lunar Orbiter 2, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1973 – LAUNCH: RCA NOAA-3, Delta 0300, SLC2W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1998 – LAUNCH (5): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Delta 7920-10C, SLC2W, VAFB
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1967 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN624, ETR
1996 – LAUNCH: LM Peacekeeper, LF02, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of Milstar DFS-2 on Titan TIVA (401)/Centaur in 1995. This photo was found in the National Archives repository and is labeled as unrestricted for any use; it originated from DoD files that were put into the archives.
