The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1956, the latest event was in 1994
Four milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1961 – Martin briefs Space Task Force (with NASA director Bob Gilruth) on the technical performance expected from the Titan II for future manned launches
Military and Classified Programs:
1965 – LAUNCH: Classified mission, GD Atlas SLV-3/Lockheed Agena D, SLC4E, VAFB – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
1985 – LAUNCH: RCA Transit O24, O30, Scout G1, SLC5, VAFB – MILESTONE: 40 years ago
Commercial Programs:
1994 – LAUNCH: DBS-2 (Direct Broadcasting System), GD Atlas IIA, LC36A, CCAFS
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1960 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Polaris A1, LC25B, CCAFS – MILESTONE: 65 years ago
1970 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN627, ETR – MILESTONE: 55 years ago
1977 – LAUNCH: Lockheed Poseidon C3, SSBN622, ETR
Other:
1956 – Official groundbreaking takes place at both the Denver Martin Company facility and the Sunnyvale Lockheed Space and Missile Systems facility (50th anniversary press release on August 3, 2006)
The photos today are of the Martin Company Waterton facility and the Lockheed Space and Missile Systems facility in their early years of operation. Both facilities had their groundbreaking events on this day in 1956. The photos were found in a search for historical photos of both facilities; no credits were found and they were in groups of other photos labeled public domain.
