The events on this day in history for our heritage companies are noted below.
The earliest event was in 1961, the latest event was in 1999
Two milestone events (5 to 65+ years ago)
Human Spaceflight:
1999 – LANDING: STS-103 (Discovery), KSC – MILESTONE: 25 years ago
Military and Classified Programs:
1964 – MM Titan IIIB program approved by USAF – MILESTONE: 60 years ago
Exploration and Interplanetary Programs:
NONE
Earth-Monitoring and Civil Weather Satellite programs:
NONE
Commercial Programs:
1995 – LAUNCH: MM Echostar I, Chang Zheng 2E, LC2, Xichang, China
Test, ICBM, FBM programs:
1961 – Martin Titan II captive-fired for the first time at test stand near Waterton facility, Denver
1963 – 374th squadron, MM Titan II ICBMS, transferred to SAC, Little Rock AFB, Arkansas
Other:
NONE
The photos today shows the remains of Titan test stands at the Waterton facility near Denver. On this day in 1961, a Titan II was captive-fired for the first time at a test stand at the Waterton facility.
I have also included a chart from the Glenn L. Martin company (from the Library of Congress) showing the layout of the facilities at Waterton. These photos and diagrams are available from the public domain National Archives/Library of Congress.
