The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2009
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas/Lockheed Agena B, SLC3E, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
2009 – LAUNCH: Kepler Space Telescope, ULA Delta 7925-10L, LC-17B, CCAFS
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – MM Titan I first silo captive test firing, VAFB
1963 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN618, ETR
1986 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF08, VAFB
1998 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5, SSBN736, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the launch of the Kepler Space Telescope by a ULA Delta 7925-10L in 2009. The Kepler Space Telescope searched for exoplanets. Photo Credit: NASA.
