The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below:
The earliest events was in 1966, the latest event was in 1996
Human Spaceflight:
1969 – Space Shuttle Task Group formed at NASA HQ
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1966 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN643, ETR
1970 – LAUNCH (6): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN608, ETR
1978 – Undersecretary of Defense asks for a study to determine if a common missile could replace MM M-X and Lockheed Trident II
1980 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN656, ETR
1996 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5, SSBN738, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an example of a Trident D-5 Fleet Ballistic Missile test in 2015. On this day in history there were 15 test launches of various Fleet Ballistic Missiles, including Polaris A3, Polaris A2, Poseidon C3, and Trident D-5.
