The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 2015
Human Spaceflight:
1963 – RCA received the go-ahead from Grumman to develop the Apollo LM landing radar
1984 – LAUNCH: STS-51-A (Discovery), LC39A, KSC – 5 person crew, retrieved Palapa-2 and Westar-6; deployed Syncom-41, Anik-D2
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thorad SLV-2G/Lockheed Agena D, SLC1W, VAFB
1991 – LAUNCH: USA 72, 74, 76, 77, MM Titan IVA(403), SLC4E, VAFB
1997 – LAUNCH: USA 136, LM Titan TIVA (401)/Centaur, LC41, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN608, ETR
1975 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN635, ETR
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29B, CCAFS
1979 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
1981 – LAUNCH (2): MM Pershing 1A, Fort Bliss, Texas
2015 – LAUNCH (2): LM Trident D-5, SSBN737, WTR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is the TIVA (401)/Centaur (Titan IVA-17) in 1997 on the pad before a classified launch. This was one of the three launches that were part of the “hat trick” in late 1997, with three successful launches in 24 days(TIVB-33 with the Cassini mission at the Cape; classified launches on TIVA-18 at VAFB and TIVA-17 at the Cape). A photo is also included of the hat trick patch we received after this milestone. We had a huge shindig at Wings Over the Rockies to celebrate three launches in 24 days, a big deal on the Titan program (I know SpaceX has destroyed those types of records).