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The Martin Marietta SM-68A/HGM-25A Titan I was the United States' first multistage intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), in use from 1959 until 1962. Though the SM-68A was operational for only three years, it spawned numerous follow-on models that were a part of the U.S. arsenal and space launch capability.
Most of the Titan rockets were the Titan II ICBM and their civilian derivatives for NASA.The Titan II used the LR-87-5 engine, a modified version of the LR-87, that used a hypergolic propellant combination of nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) for its oxidizer and Aerozine 50 (a 50/50 mix of hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) instead of the liquid oxygen and RP-1 propellant of the Titan I.
Titan I: VS-1 VAFB SLTF: Suborbital: Success Missile intentionally destroyed at T+180 seconds as a test of the range safety system. 23 May Titan I: AJ-16 CCAFS LC-20: Suborbital: Success Mk.4 REV: 24 June 03:28 Titan I: M-1 CCAFS LC-19: Suborbital: Failure Mk.4 REV: Second stage hydraulics failure. 21 July 02:00 Titan I: AJ-18 CCAFS LC-20 ...
The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile. Titan II was originally designed and used as an ICBM, but was later adapted as a medium-lift space launch vehicle (these adaptations were designated Titan II GLV and Titan 23G) to carry payloads to Earth orbit ...
Titan-1 missiles were a Cold War-era project, the nation’s first intercontinental ballistic missiles. The Lincoln site, one of three in California, took up dozens of acres in a remote part of ...
Titan I: US Glenn L. Martin Company: 10,200 km 105,140 kg 3.75 Mt Inactive 1959 No Silo 28 Titan II: US Glenn L. Martin Company 15,000 km 154,000 kg 9 Mt Inactive 1962 No Silo 29 Minuteman I: US Boeing 8,900 km 29,000 kg 1.2 Mt Inactive 1961 No Silo 30 Minuteman II: US Boeing 10,200 km 33,000 kg 1.2 Mt Inactive 1965 No Silo 31 LGM-118 ...
On 1 April 1961, SAC placed the 851st Strategic Missile Squadron on operational status. In September 1962, the 851st became the last Titan I Squadron to achieve alert status. [ 12 ] The squadron's missiles were deployed in a 3x3 configuration, which meant a total of nine missiles were divided into three sites.
Each silo housed a Titan II missile that was part of the United States defense system. The missiles were equipped with a nuclear warhead that was 600 times more powerful than the bombs dropped at ...