Here visitors stare into the 146-foot-deep silo that ..still contains an actual Titan II missile, the largest single nuclear weapon ever deployed by the United States, standing as it has stood since 1963, except that it is devoid of fuel and its warhead has been removed. Doomsday on displ...
Both stages used kerosene as fuel and liquid oxygen as an oxidizer. The missile entered operational service in 1962. Six squadrons, each with nine missiles, were deployed in several western states. The 54 operational missiles were replaced by Titan II missiles in 1965. The short-lived Titan I...
A second set of calculations depicts the time integrated dose and instantaneous concentration patterns for a substantial, continuous leak of the missile fuel oxidizer converted to nitrogen dioxide (NO sub 2 ). The areas affected and some of the implications for emergency response management are ...
thrust fueled by Aerozine-50 (fuel) that ignites on contact with nitrogen tetroxide (oxidizer). Second stage of ICBM configuration was powered by Aerojet-General LR91-AJ-5 rocket engine of 100,000 lbs. ThrustCrew: NonePERFORMANCE (ICBM Configuration) Maximum speed: 15,000 mph / 13,904 ...
July - USAF reviews improvements (inertial guidance, storable fuel, 1x9 basing, 10-ft 2nd stage diameter, in silo launch) to Titan I that leads to the Titan 2.September - Scientific Advisory Committee of Ballistic Missiles is informed by the USAF that storable liquid missile propellants are ...
the Titan II has served as a reliable satellite launch vehicle. This is the richly detailed story of the Titan II missile and the men and women who developed and operated the system. David K. Stumpf uses a wide range of sources, drawing upon interviews with and memoirs by engineers and ai...
First Titan flight test missile delivered - . Titan missile A-3, now scheduled for the first Titan flight test, was delivered to the Air Force by the Martin Company.. 1959 January 19 - . LV Family: Titan. Launch Vehicle: Titan II. Silo-launched Titan approved. - . Nation: USA. Majo...
Unmanned launchers can accept more "pogo " than can manned launchers, and the Air Force hadfinally achieved a level acceptable for a nuclear missile. This, however, was significantly greater than what NASA felt it could subject astronauts to in flight. NASA's limit was +/- 0.25 g while ...
The fuel feed system consisted of two tank outlets to engine interface connectors. The "Stage I engine shutdown" signal was initiated by a thrust chamber pressure switch that sensed a drop in thrust chamber pressure. Staging of the missile was completed when the thrust chamber pressure switch ...
As planned, Titan II would be a larger, more advanced missile than its predecessor. It would be equipped with an all-inertial guidance system, a storable noncryogenic oxidizer, hypergolic fuel, and have in-silo launch capability. In June 1960 the Air Force awarded the Martin Company the ...