The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1959, the latest event was in 2012
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1960 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Discoverer 12, Thor/Lockheed Agena A, SLC1W, VAFB – Agena attitude control
1963 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena B, SLC1E, VAFB
2012 – LAUNCH: USA 237 (NROL-15), ULA Delta IVH, LC37B, CCAFS
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1978 – LAUNCH: Comstar 3, GD Atlas SLV-3D/Centaur, LC37B, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1959 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris AX, LC25A, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A2, LC25A, CCAFS
1968 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A1, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F/Trident, 576-A3, VAFB
1984 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN625, ETR
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an example of an Atlas F/Trident configuration. The last test launch of this type was on this day in 1971. This configuration launched the ABRES-3 system (Advanced Ballistic Reentry System). Photo Credit: USAF found on the public Astronautix website (Gunter’s Space Page. Retrieved May 23, 2024, from https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_lau_det/atlas-ef_trident.htm).
