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On this day – February 12

Posted on February 12, 2025January 30, 2025 By Barb Sande

The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.

The earliest event was in 1960, the latest event was in 2000

Four milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)

Human Spaceflight:

NONE

Military and Classified Programs:

1987 – LAUNCH: USA-21, MM Titan 34B/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4W, VAFB – last MM Titan 34B and last Lockheed Agena upper stage flight 

Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:

NONE

Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:

NONE

Commercial Programs:

2000 – LAUNCH: LM Garuda-1, Proton-L/DM-2M, LC81, Baikonur, Kazakhstan – MILESTONE: 25 years ago

Test, ICBM, FBM programs:

1960 – LAUNCH: GD Atlas D, LC13, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago

1964 – LAUNCH FAILURE: GD Atlas E, OSTF-1, VAFB

1965 – LAUNCH (2): Lockheed Polaris A2, SSBN618, ETR – MILESTONE: 60 years ago

1990 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Trident D-5, SSBN734, ETR – MILESTONE: 35 years ago

Other:

NONE

The photo today is an example of a Titan 34B/Agena D launching a classified mission.  The last 34B and last Agenda D upper stage were launched on this day in 1987.  Photo Credit: Wikipedia from Astronautix/USAF – described as being in the public domain. 

February 12 – Example of a Titan 34B/Agena D launch. See text for photo credit.
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