The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1955, the latest event was in 2000
One milestone event (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
NONE
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1997 – LAUNCH (7): LM (Motorola) Iridium, Proton-K/17S40, LC81/23, Baikonur, Kazakhstan
2000 – LAUNCH: LM GE-7 (also Astra 2B), Ariane 5G, ELA3, Kourou, French Guiana
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1955 – After evaluating proposals from Douglas Aircraft, Lockheed and Martin Company, the alternate ICBM contract award was given by the USAF to Martin Company (Titan I)
1958 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas B, LC14, CCAFS
1989 – LAUNCH FAILURE: MM Peacekeeper, LF02, VAFB – MILESTONE: 35 years ago
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an example of the Titan I HGM-25A ICBM. The contract for the Titan I was awarded to Martin Company on this day in 1955. According to Wikipedia from public sources, here are the specifications for the system:
- Liftoff thrust: 1,296 kN
- Total mass: 105,142 kg
- Core diameter: 3.1 m
- Total length: 31.0 m
- Development cost: $1,643,300,000 in 1960 dollars.
- Flyaway cost: $1,500,000 each, in 1962 dollars.
- Total production missiles built: 163 Titan 1s; 62 R&D Missiles – 49 launched & 101 Strategic Missiles (SMs) – 17 launched
- Total deployed strategic missiles: 54
- Titan base cost: $170,000,000
Photo Information:
The photo was found on the USAF/USSF/DoD photo archives (visual information) library and is labeled public domain with the following description and disclaimers:
Titan I missile J-7 begins the first successful flight test of an operational Titan I ICBM on 10 August 1960 at the Atlantic Missile Range. (USAF photo).
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NOTE: This photo was also shared in the August 10 events.
