Titan II launch vehicle

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expendable launch vehicle orbital launch vehicle

The Titan II launch vehicle was a U.S. two-stage liquid-fueled rocket originally derived from an intercontinental ballistic missile and later used to launch Gemini crewed spacecraft and various satellites into orbit.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
Titan II Gemini Launch Vehicle	1
Titan II first stage	1
Titan II rocket	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	expendable launch vehicle ⓘ orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
derivedFrom	LGM-25C Titan II ICBM NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Cold War ⓘ
family	Titan rocket family NERFINISHED ⓘ
firstStageEngineType	LR87 NERFINISHED ⓘ
fuel	Aerozine 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ
guidanceSystem	inertial guidance ⓘ
launchCapability	low Earth orbit ⓘ
launchConfiguration	two-stage configuration ⓘ
launchesGeminiMissions	Gemini 1 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 11 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 12 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 2 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 3 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 6A NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 8 NERFINISHED ⓘ Gemini 9A NERFINISHED ⓘ
launchOrientation	vertical takeoff ⓘ
launchSite	Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19 NERFINISHED ⓘ Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 4W NERFINISHED ⓘ
manufacturer	Glenn L. Martin Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Martin Marietta NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFeature	storable hypergolic propellants enabling long on-pad readiness ⓘ
numberOfStages	2 ⓘ
operatedBy	U.S. Air Force Space Command NERFINISHED ⓘ
oxidizer	nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
program	Gemini program NERFINISHED ⓘ
propellantType	hypergolic propellant ⓘ liquid-fueled ⓘ
secondStageEngineType	LR91 NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	retired ⓘ
successor	Titan III launch vehicle NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	space launch vehicle conversion of Titan II ICBM ⓘ
usedBy	NASA NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Air Force ⓘ
usedFor	Gemini program launches ⓘ crewed spaceflight ⓘ military satellite launches ⓘ reconnaissance satellite launches ⓘ satellite launch ⓘ weather satellite launches ⓘ
usedToLaunch	DMSP weather satellites ⓘ Defense Meteorological Satellite Program payloads ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

LR-87 → developedFor → Titan II launch vehicle ⓘ

Gemini 1 → launchVehicle → Titan II launch vehicle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Titan II Gemini Launch Vehicle

Polar Operational Environmental Satellites → launchVehicle → Titan II launch vehicle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Titan II rocket

Titan II second stage → partOf → Titan II launch vehicle ⓘ

EELV program → replaced → Titan II launch vehicle ⓘ

Titan II second stage → separationFrom → Titan II launch vehicle ⓘ

this entity surface form: Titan II first stage