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Why do the Titan SRBs have an angled engine bell?
Looking at pictures of Titan rockets with solid rocket boosters, the bell is at an angle. Why would they do that?
https://historicspacecraft.com/Rockets_Titan.html
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Was the Titan SRM thrust vs time curve engineered to allow for acceleration switches to initiate staging sequence events?
This answer describes the timing between the Titan III Stage 0 (SRM's) and Stage 1 events.
The Titan first stage ignited just prior to SRM separation:
Titan Stage I ignition occurs at approximately ...
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Need help understanding staging shown in infographic of Titan launch of Hexagon satellites
The NPR News item I Spy, Via Spy Satellite: Melting Himalayan Glaciers discusses use of declassified historical satellite images that include glaciers, and link to the newly published and Open Access ...
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