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 1977
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1966 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC3W, VAFB
1967 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB
1976 – DSCS III R&D contracts awarded to GE
1977 – DSCS III Phase II contract awarded to GE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Martin Titan I, LC19, CCAFS
1965 – Last MM Titan I taken off alert status at Larson AFB
Other:
NONE
The drawings today show a typical Agena upper stage, the evolution of the Agena, and an Agena D being lifted for installation. The Agena D was essentially a standardized Agena B configuration and had 269 total launches on Atlas, Thor, Thorad and Titan IIIB (last launch was on February 12, 1987).
