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 2004
Two milestone events (5 to 65+years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1970 – MM X-24A flight 18, Dryden Lake – Pilot John Manke
Military and Classified Programs:
1971 – LAUNCH: RCA DMSP-Block-5B F1, Thor Burner 2A, SLC10W, VAFB
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: OGO-2, Thor SLV-2A/Lockheed Agena D, SLC2E, VAFB – Orbital magnetosphere observatory
Commercial Programs:
2004 – LAUNCH: LM AMC-15 Proton-M/Briz-M, LC200/39, Baikonur, Kazakhstan – MILESTONE: 20 years ago
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1962 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, EAG-154, ETR
1967 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A2, VAFB
1971 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN635, ETR
1974 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas F, 576-A3, VAFB – MILESTONE: 50 years ago
1977 – The ICBM office requested proposals for Stages I-IV of Missile-X (Peacekeeper)
1983 – LAUNCH: MM Peacekeeper, LF03, VAFB
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an example of a Poseidon C3 test launch as there was a similar launch on this day in 1971. Here is the information about the photo, which was found on Wikipedia and is from the National Archives:
Released to Public ID: DFSC8405193 Service Depicted: Navy A Poseidon C-3 (UGM-73A) fleet ballistic missile lifts off after being launched from the submerged nuclear-powered strategic missile submarine USS ULYSSES S. GRANT (SSBN-631). This is the 70th test launch of a Poseidon C-3.
