Questions tagged [titan-rocket]
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Gemini Ejection seat usage during late stages of reentry
Gemini in one way or another was a somewhat unique spacecraft. One such unique feature was having a ejection seat. While reading trough the document Development and qualification of gemini escape ...
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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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Request for high quality Titan II turbopump audio
I'm making a historical spaceflight mod and I'm close to starting work on Titan II. Does anybody have high-quality audio clips of the Titan bwoop?
All I have right now are the news broadcasts for ...
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Why are Moon Rockets (Saturn V, N1) so much bigger than the Titan IIIE?
In what little knowledge of space and rockets I have, it seems to me that the further the object your aiming for, the more fuel you’ll need, and the bigger engines you’ll need. Having compared the ...
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OPS 0855 Gemini B Separation
On 3 November 1966 a modified Titan IIC launched from LC-40 in Cape Canaveral. This launch would be the only launch as part of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program. Designated OPS 0855 the vehicle ...
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Why were the Titans so expensive?
The Titan II/III/IV family (derived from the ICBM family of the same name)1 were the premier U.S. expendable launchers for much of the late 20th century, being the most capable expendables in the U.S. ...
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Do astronauts set a pressure on the space craft altimeter before launch or zero it?
I was watching First Man (2018) and noticed that just before the launch of Armstrong's Gemini mission the capsule's altimeter read zero.
My understanding of the Titan II GLV is that it's 109ft tall ...
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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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How often did launch vehicles have a "Stage 0", and what does it mean exactly?
While trying to do some reading for the question Need help understanding staging shown in infographic of Titan launch of Hexagon satellites I ran across the Wikipedia article for Titan III.
This ...
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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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Did the Titan II GLV execute a roll program?
I'm working on an edit for the Wikipedia article on the roll program that some rockets used when getting into orbit. I found a good reference for the Saturn V, but the article's original authors claim ...
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How are the Titan Transtage's tanks protected from its engine?
As a follow up to this answer which identifies the two pointed objects flanking the Titan Transtage's engine in an unusual configuration as its propellant tanks:
How are these protected from the heat ...
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Function of this big pointy thing on the Titan Transtage? Do other upper stages have something similar?
Jonathan McDowell's tweet
Six more debris objects from Transtage 17 cataloged. Here is the Gabbard diagram showing apogee and perigee for each piece - green line is the GEO altitude
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What was the purpose of the small red tank attached to the Titan-Centaur launcher?
Watching a documentary on the Viking missions, I noticed the launcher had a small red tank/rocket attached to one of the solid boosters. It struck me as an odd feature/placement, as I thought you'd ...
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