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Background Information
- First Launch:
- September 1988
- Flight Rate:
- 2-3 per year
- Launch Site:
- SLC-4W (VAFB)
- Capability:
- 4,200 lb to LEO polar
History
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Titan program started in 1950s as Air Force ICBM
- Titan II ICBM first launched in 1962
- Titan ICBM deactivated between 1982 and 1987
- Titan II ICBM assets being converted to SLVs
- Reconfigured Titan II used in human spaceflight Gemini program (1964-1966)
Description
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Two-stage liquid-propellant vehicle
- Stage 1 uses two Aerojet LR-87 engines that burn N2O4/A-50 generating a total of 474,000 lb of thrust
- Stage 2 uses one Aerojet LR-91 engine that burns N2O4/A-50 generating 100,000 lb of thrust
Profile
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Length:
- 118.5 ft
- Launch Weight:
- 340,000 lb
- Diameter:
- 10 ft
- Liftoff Thrust:
- 474,000 lb
- Payload Fairing:
- 25 ft X 10 ft
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