The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1967, the latest event was in 1995
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1973 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3A/Lockheed Agena D, LC13, CCAFS
1982 – LAUNCH: IMEWS13 (DSP-10), MM Titan IIIC, LC40, CCAFS – Last Titan IIIC launch
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
NONE
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1967 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, SSBN658, ETR
1968 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas E/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB
1972 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, UK S22, ETR
1974 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A1, VAFB – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
1984 – LAUNCH (4): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN623, ETR – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
1995 – LAUNCH (3): Lockheed Trident C-4, SSBN728, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an example of a Titan IIIC launch. The last Titan IIIC launched on this day in 1982 (I was unable to find a photo of that particular launch).
