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 2017
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan IIIB, SLC4W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC14, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, LC11, CCAFS
1980 – MM Titan II ICBM explodes in the silo at complex 374-7, killing one and injuring 21 others. Part of the squadrons managed out of Little Rock AFB – known as the Damascus Broken Arrow incident – failure was caused by a dropped torque wrench socket piercing the tank
Other:
2017 – LM introduces new satellite line-up – LM50 (nano satellites), LM400 (Small bus), LM1000 (mid-size missions), LM2100 (powerful bus technology)
The photos today are from the Damascus, Arkansas Titan II incident that happened in 1980. Tether those tools, folks!
The Titan II Incident, From the Encyclopedia of Arkansas (published in 2020):
The Titan II Launch Complex 374-7 in Southside (Van Buren County), just north of Damascus became the site of the most highly publicized disaster in the history of the Titan II Missile program when its missile exploded