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 2001.
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
2001 – LANDING: STS-104 (Atlantis), KSC
Military and Classified Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2W, VAFB
1996- LAUNCH: UHF F7, LM Atlas II, LC36A, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1990 – LAUNCH: CRRES, GD Atlas I, LC36B, CCAFS – magnetosphere research satellite
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC19, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH: MM Titan II, LC16, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN654, ETR
1986 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S27, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the Atlas I on the pad in 1990 for the CRRES (Combined Release and Radiation Effects Satellite) launch. Photo Credit: NASA.
