Launched in 1981 by United Video Satellite Group, the TV Guide Network began its life as a simple electronic program guide ( or EPG ) software application sold to cable system operators throughout the United States and Canada.

Launched in 1981 in the city of Monterey Park, California.

Launched May 1, 1981, it was the second such loyalty program in the world ( after the first at Texas International Airlines in 1979 ), and remains the largest with more than 67 million members as of October 2011.

* NOAA-7 ( C ): Launched June 23, 1981

Launched in 1981 as Radio West, it was merged with neighbouring Wiltshire Radio and relaunched under the name GWR in 1985, retaining the name through several changes of ownership until rebranding in March 2009.

Launched by Cancer Council Victoria in 1981, the Slip!

* OGO 2 1965-081A NORAD ID: 01620 Launched: 14 October 1965 On-orbit dry mass: 507 kg ( decayed 17 September 1981 )

* OGO 3 1966-049A NORAD ID: 02195 Launched: 7 June 1966 On-orbit dry mass: 515 kg ( decayed 14 September 1981 )

Launched in 1843, she operated on the Great Lakes for her entire career, was later renamed Wolverine and was decommissioned in 1912.

Other programs she supported include Space Station, Lunar and Mars Base studies, Inertial Upper Stage, Advanced Orbital Transfer Vehicle, Get-Away Specials, Air Launched Cruise Missile, Minuteman, and Peacekeeper.

Launched on 8 March 1975 by the Polynesian Voyaging Society, she is best known for her 1976 Hawaii to Tahiti voyage performed with Polynesian navigation techniques, without modern navigational instruments.

Launched in March 1967, she is on the waterline and overall, with a hull constructed of cold-moulded Honduras mahogany.

Launched in 1874 at Greenock, Scotland, for use in the sealing trade, she sank in 30-foot seas and high winds in the North Atlantic, March 19, 1963, at which time she was being towed from Nova Scotia to Philadelphia.

Launched on 6 November 1947 for a Polish owner, she was the first of 29 ships Project B30 type, built in 1949 – 1954 in Stocznia Gdańska.

Launched in 1881, she displaced 7700 tonnes with 6200 HP.

* SS Uncle Sam ( 1860 – 1866 ): Launched in 1852, she passed through various hands until making one Panama City to San Francisco voyage for the Atlantic & Pacific Steamship Company in January 1860.

* SS Golden City: Launched January 24, 1863 for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company she entered the San Francisco to Panama City service on August 13, 1863 and continued this until 1869.

* SS Japan ( 1867 – 1874 ): Launched on December 17, 1867 for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company she sailed from New York on April 11, 1868 for Panama, San Francisco and Yokohama.

* SS Pacific ( 1872 – 1875 ): Launched September 1850 she was used on the New York – Chagres service, San Francisco – Panama service, and San Francisco – San Juan del Sur route until 1855.

* SS Ariel ( 1873 ): Launched in 1855 she made a New York – Aspinwall and Transatlantic voyages until Summer 1865 but was chartered to the War Department in 1861, 1862, 1864 and 1865.

Launched in poor weather against a thinly held Allied sector, it achieved surprise and initial success as Allied air power was stymied by cloud cover.

Launched in early 1972 it was unlike the other basic four-function pocket calculators then available in that it was the first pocket calculator with scientific functions that could replace a slide rule.

Launched on 24 October 1998, the Deep Space mission carried out a flyby of asteroid 9969 Braille, which was selected as the mission's science target.

Launched on November 1, 1961, however, the rocket was destroyed by the Range Safety Officer after 44 seconds of flight.

Launched as a comic book before it became a magazine, it was widely imitated and influential, impacting not only satirical media but the entire cultural landscape of the 20th century, with editor Al Feldstein increasing readership to more than 2, 000, 000 during its 1970s circulation peak.

Launched on the Nine Network in late 1976 was The Sullivans, a series chronicling the effects of World War II on a Melbourne family.

Launched by General Electric Company, this Bumper was used primarily for testing rocket systems and for research on the upper atmosphere.

Launched on the same rocket as the RME, the Low-power Atmospheric Compensation Experiment ( LACE ) satellite was built by the United States Naval Research Laboratory ( NRL ) to explore atmospheric distortion of lasers and real-time adaptive compensation for that distortion.

Launched by Elizabeth's old suitor Philip II of Spain, this was commanded by Alonso de Guzmán El Bueno, the seventh Duke of Medina Sidonia.

Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the 18 – 49 demographic from 2004 to 2009.

Launched on April 13, 1984, this military operation was unique as it was the first assault launched in the world's highest battlefield.

Launched prematurely, none of the attacking aircraft reached the designated airfields, either crashing or ditching ( except for one aircraft which landed in the Soviet Union, where the crew was officially interned and secretly repatriated ).

The 868th was the only U. S .- based Ground Launched Cruise Missile ( GLCM ) unit and the source of the crews that staffed the forward deployed GLCM wings in NATO in 1982.

Launched in 1959, Luna 1 was the first known man-made object to achieve escape velocity from the Earth.

* Zoog Disney – Launched in August 1998, Zoog Disney was a program block that aired on weekend afternoons.

Launched in 1991, the channel was rebranded as Showtime Too from 2001 to 2006.

Launched into orbit on April 23, 1967 carrying cosmonaut Colonel Vladimir Komarov, Soyuz 1 was the first flight of the Soyuz spacecraft.

Launched three days before the Apollo 11 mission, it was the third Soviet attempt to return lunar soil back to Earth.

Launched as " First Business Class " to charter travelers, the business model was unsuccessful as new customer groups had little willingness to pay.

Launched in 1969, the logo symbolized a vision of humanity and was called " Man Seeing / L ' homme qui voit ".

Launched on 28 November 1983, it was the sixth mission of the Space Shuttle Columbia, and was Columbia < nowiki >'</ nowiki > s last flight until STS-61-C in January 1986.