The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1962, the latest event was in 2009.
Three milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1962 – A contract for the Apollo launch escape tower was awarded to the Lockheed Propulsion Company
Military and Classified Programs:
1970 – LC40 Space Environment Closure completed for MM Titan IIIC vehicles
1974 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, MM Titan 24B, SLC4W, VAFB – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas E, LC13, CCAFS – last Atlas R&D E at the eastern range; Nine successes, 7 partials, 2 failures
1963 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, 576-A1, VAFB
1964 – INCIDENT: Operational GD Atlas F ICBM at Walker AFB missile site 579 exploded during propellant loading – no injuries, destroyed missile site – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
1967 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A3, VAFB
1973 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S23, ETR
1980 – LAUNCH: Poseidon C3, SSBN635, ETR
1987 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF08, VAFB
2009 – LAUNCH: LM Trident D-5, SSBN731, WTR – MILESTONE: 15 years ago
Other:
NONE
The drawing today is of the Apollo launch escape system, which was built by the Lockheed Propulsion Company.
