The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1958, the latest event was in 2007
No milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
NONE
Military and Classified Programs:
1982 – LAUNCH: Classified mission MM Titan IIID, SLC4E, VAFB – Final Titan IIID launch
2006 – LAUNCH: LM GPS 2R-16M (SVN 059), Delta 7925-9.5, LC17A, CCAFS (ULA operations became official in December, 2006)
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
2007 – LAUNCH: LM Sirius-4, Proton-M/Briz-M, LC200/39, Baikonur,
Kazakhstan
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1958 – LAUNCH: MM Bold Orion, B-47 aircraft, CCAFS
1962 – LAUNCH FAILURE: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
1966 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A3, LC29A, CCAFS
1978 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident C-4, LC25C, CCAFS
Other:
NONE
The photo today is an example of a Titan IIID launch at VAFB. With the classified launch on this date in 1982, the Titan IIID program, exclusively flown out of VAFB, ended with a 100% success rate (22 launches). The first launch was on 6/15/1971. This photo was found on Wikipedia and is labeled “public domain” and refers to historical archives at Patrick AFB/SFB as the source.
