Titan rocket family

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The Titan rocket family was a series of powerful American expendable launch vehicles originally developed as intercontinental ballistic missiles and later adapted for launching military, scientific, and crewed spacecraft.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ICBM
expendable launch vehicle
expendable launch vehicle
expendable launch vehicle family
heavy-lift launch vehicle
liquid-fueled ICBM
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
developedAs intercontinental ballistic missile
developedBy Lockheed Martin
Martin Company
Martin Marietta
United States Air Force
finalLaunchDate 2005-10-19
finalLaunchSite Space Launch Complex 4
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E
finalLaunchVehicle Titan IV
surface form: Titan IVB
hasVariant Titan I
Titan II
Titan III
Titan IIIA
Titan IIIB
Titan IIIC
Titan IIID
Titan IIIE
Titan IV
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 40
Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19
Vandenberg Space Force Base
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base

Space Launch Complex 4
surface form: Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E
manufacturer Lockheed Martin
Martin Company
Martin Marietta
notableMission Cassini–Huygens
Gemini program
Viking program
Voyager program
numberOfStages 2
operatedBy NASA
United States Air Force
United States Space Force
propellantType Aerozine 50 and nitrogen tetroxide
hypergolic propellants (later variants)
liquid oxygen and RP-1
retired yes
retirementDate 2005
serviceEntry 1962
1963
1965
1989
late 1950s
stages 2
successor Atlas V
Delta IV
usedFor Gemini program crewed launches
NASA space missions
surface form: NASA missions

NASA scientific missions
Viking program launches
Voyager program launches
crewed spacecraft launches
intelligence satellite launches
military payload launches
military satellite launches
scientific payload launches
space launch

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United States rocket program developed Titan rocket family
LR-87 developedFor Titan rocket family
this entity surface form: Titan I launch vehicle
LR-87 usedIn Titan rocket family
this entity surface form: Titan family of launch vehicles
LR-91 usedOn Titan rocket family
this entity surface form: Titan family launch vehicles
LR-91 family Titan rocket family
Titan IIIC partOfFamily Titan rocket family
Titan IVB/Centaur family Titan rocket family
Lockheed Martin Space notableProject Titan rocket family
this entity surface form: Titan launch vehicles (historical)
Titan III partOf Titan rocket family
Titan IV family Titan rocket family
Titan II ICBM family Titan rocket family
Titan II second stage launchVehicleFamily Titan rocket family
this entity surface form: Titan family of rockets