The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2014.
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Starfish Radiation 2, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1E, VAFB – Agena Upper stage
1988 – LAUNCH FAILURE: USA 31, MM Titan 34D/Transtage, LC40, CCAFS – – broken pressurization feed lines on Transtage
2014 – LAUNCH: LM MUOS-4, ULA Atlas V 551, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC25A, CCAFS
1971 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN616, ETR
1976 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN610, ETR
1983 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN616, ETR
1985 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN626, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photos today are an example of the Titan/Transtage used for the 34D program and a Transtage recovered from Davis-Monthan AFB in 2016 by NASA for an orbital debris study.
The August anomalies leaked over into early September. Here’s a story about the 34D/Transtage failure:
The Titan 34D program suffered its third failure on this date in 1988. The Transtage upper stage did not repressurize for a second engine burn due to broken feed lines, stranding a classified