The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1957, the latest was in 1974
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – MM Titan IIIB/Lockheed Agena program approved (24 vehicles), USAF Program Directive
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH FAILURE: RCA DMSP Block-4A F5, Thor Burner 1, SLC10W, VAFB
Commercial Programs:
1974 – LAUNCH: Intelsat 4A-F3, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC36B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1957 – LAUNCH: Lockheed X-17, LC3, CCAFS
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC29A, CCAFS
1964 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1965 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, OSTF-2, VAFB – operational F launches conclude at VAFB (51 total launches, 30 successful)
1968 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN-608, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an example of a Titan IIIB vehicle; on this date in 1965, the USAF approved procurement of 24 Titan IIIBs using Agena upper stages. All launches of Titan IIIB were out of VAFB from SLC-4W.
