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.
