Titan IVB
Launch of a Titan IVB launch vehicle. (USAF)
Stages		3 or 4
0 - Solid Boosters	Engines	Solid Fuel
Thrust		1,700,000 lbf (7.56 MN) X 2 = 3,400,000 lbf (15.12 MN)
Burn time		120 seconds
Fuels		Solid Fuel
1 - 1st Stage	Engines	LR87 X 2
Thrust		548000 lbf (2.44 MN)
Burn time		164 seconds
Fuels		A-50 hydrazine/N204
2 - 2nd Stage	Engine	LR91 X 1
Thrust		105,000 lbf (467 kN)
Burn time		223 seconds
Fuels		A-50 hydrazine/N204
3 - 3rd Centaur Stage	Engine	RL-10 X 2
Thrust		33,100 lbf (147 kN)
Burn time		625 seconds
Fuels		LOX/Liquid Hydrogen
Launch Vehicle		1st Launch June, 1989
Payload to LEO 28-deg		47,800 lb (21,680 kg)
Payload to LEO Polar orbit		38,800 lb (17,600 kg)
Payload to Geo-sync orbit		12,700 lb (5,760 kg)
Payload to escape velocity		12,470 lb (5,660 kg)

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Features

The Titan IV was developed to provide assured capability to launch space shuttle-class payloads for the Air Force. The Titan IV could be launched with no upper stage, or either of two upper stages, the IUS (Inertial Upper Stage), and the Centaur Upper Stage. NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ... The Galileo spacecraft and its attached Inertial Upper Stage (IUS) booster being deployed after being launched by the Space Shuttle Atlantis on the STS-34 mission The Inertial Upper Stage or IUS is a two-stage solid-fueled booster rocket developed by NASA and the U.S. Air Force for... Model of Centaur with Surveyor as payload. ...

The Titan IV was made up of two large Solid-fuel rocket boosters and a two stage liquid-fueled core. It was launched using the boosters alone, the first liquid core stage ignited about 2 minutes into flight. The Space Shuttle Columbia is initially launched with the help of solid-fuel boosters A solid rocket or a solid fuel rocket is a rocket with a motor that uses solid propellants (fuel/oxidizer). ...

The two storable liquid fuel core stages used aerozine 50 fuel and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer. These propellants are hypergolic (ignite on contact at room temperature) and can be stored in a launch-ready state for extended periods. Aerozine 50 is a 50/50 mix of hydrazine and unsymmetrical dimethyl hydrazine (UDMH). ... Nitrogen tetroxide (or Dinitrogen tetroxide) (N2O4) is a hypergolic propellant often used in combination with a hydrazine-based rocket fuel. ... Hypergolic rocket fuels spontaneously ignite when their two components come into contact with each other. ...

The Titan IV could be launched from either coast: SLC-40 or 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station near Cocoa Beach, FL and at SLC-4E, at Vandenberg Air Force Base launch sites near San Luis Obispo in California. Choice of launch site depended on mission parameters and mission goals. Launch Complex 40. ... An aerial view of LC-41. ... Boeing Delta 4 Medium+ (4,2) lifts off from Space Launch Complex Six (SLC-6) at Vandenberg AFB, California (Official photo by Thom Baur for the Boeing Company) Vandenberg Air Force Base (IATA: VBG, ICAO: KVBG) is a United States military installation with a spaceport, in Santa Barbara County, California... The city of San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo (also SLO) is the county seat of San Luis Obispo County, California, USA. Luis is pronounced as Lewis. ...

Background

The Titan rocket family was established in October 1955 when the Air Force awarded Lockheed Martin (the former Glenn L. Martin Company) a contract to build an intercontinental ballistic missile (SM-68). It became known as the Titan I, the nation's first two-stage ICBM and replaced the Atlas ICBM as the second underground vertically stored, silo-based ICBM. Both stages of the Titan I used liquid oxygen and RP-1 as propellants. A subsequent version of the Titan family, the Titan II, was similar to the Titan I, but was much more powerful. Designated as LGM-25C, the Titan II was the largest missile developed for the USAF at that time. The Titan II had newly developed engines which used Aerozine 50 and Nitrogen Tetroxide as fuel and oxidizer. Titan is a family of U.S. expendable rockets. ... Lockheed/BAE/Northrop F-35 Lockheed Trident missile C-130 Hercules; in production since the 1950s, now as the C-130J Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) is an aerospace manufacturer formed in 1995 by the merger of Lockheed Corporation with Martin Marietta. ... A Minuteman III ICBM test launch from Vandenberg AFB, California, United States. ... The Titan I was the United States first true multistage ICBM. It was the first in a series of Titan rockets, but was unique among them in that it used LOX and RP-1 as its fuels, while the later versions all used storable fuels instead. ... The Titan I was the United States first true multistage ICBM. It was the first in a series of Titan rockets, but was unique among them in that it used LOX and RP-1 as its fuels, while the later versions all used storable fuels instead. ... Mercury Atlas 9 rocket and capsule on pad The Atlas is a venerable line of space launch vehicles built by Lockheed Martin. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... RP-1 (refined petroleum) is a highly refined form of kerosene similar to jet fuel, used in the United States as a rocket fuel. ... Titan II launch vehicle launching Gemini 11 (Sept. ...

Titan III development began in 1961 with the Titan IIIA. Years later, the Titan IVB evolved from the Titan III family and is similar to the Titan 34D. The last Titan IVA was launched in August 1998. The first Titan IVB flew on Feb. 23, 1997. The Titan IVB was an upgraded rocket having a new guidance system, flight termination system, ground checkout system, solid rocket motor upgrade and a 25 percent increase in thrust capability. The Titan IIIC is a space booster used by the United States Air Force. ...

In the early 1980s, General Dynamics planned to use a Space Shuttle to lift a Lunar Module into orbit and then launch a Titan IV rocket with an Apollo-type Service Module to rendezvous and dock – making a moonship for a lunar landing. The plan required the Space Shuttle and Titan IV to use aluminum-lithium fuel tanks instead of aluminum to make a greater payload weight for takeoff. The original plan never came to fruition but in the 1990s both the Shuttle and the Titan IV were converted to aluminum-lithium tanks to rendezvous with the highly inclined orbit of the Russian Mir Space Station. The Titan IVB became obsolete with the advent of the Atlas V rocket and the Delta IV heavy rocket booster launch vehicles in 2005. NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ... Project Apollo was a series of human spaceflight missions undertaken by the United States of America (NASA) using the Apollo spacecraft and Saturn launch vehicle, conducted during the years 1961 – 1975. ... Mir (Russian: ; lit. ... The International Space Station in 2007 A space station is an artificial structure designed for humans to live in outer space. ... Atlas V is a launch vehicle formerly built by Lockheed Martin and now built by the Lockheed Martin-Boeing joint venture United Launch Alliance in Decatur, Alabama. ... It has been suggested that some sections of this article be split into a new article entitled Delta IV launches. ...

General characteristics

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• Primary Function: Space booster
• Builder: Lockheed-Martin Astronautics
• Power Plant:
  • Stage 0 consisted of two solid-rocket motors.
  • Stage 1 used an LR87 liquid-propellant rocket engine.
  • Stage 2 used the LR91 liquid-propellant engine.
  • Optional upper stages included the Centaur and Inertial Upper Stage.
• Guidance System: A ring laser gyro guidance system manufactured by Honeywell.
• Thrust: Solid rocket motors provide 1.7 million pounds force (7.56 MN) per motor at liftoff.
  • First stage provides an average of 548,000 pounds force (2.44 MN)
  • second stage provides an average of 105,000 pounds force (467 kN).
  • Optional Centaur upper stage provides 33,100 pounds force (147 kN) and the Inertial Upper Stage provides up to 41,500 pounds force (185 kN).
• Length: Up to 204 feet (62.17 m)
• Lift Capability:
  • Can carry up to 47,800 pounds (21,680 kg) into a low-earth orbit
  • up to 12,700 pounds (5,760 kg) into a geosynchronous orbit when launched from Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla.;
  • and up to 38,800 pounds (17,600 kg) into a low-earth polar orbit when launched from Vandenberg AFB.
  • into geosynchronous orbit:
    • with Centaur upper stage 12,700 lb (5,760 kg)
    • with Inertial Upper Stage 5,250 pounds (2,380 kg)
• Maximum Takeoff Weight: Approximately 2.2 million pounds (1,000,000 kg)
• Cost: Approximately $250-350 million, depending on launch configuration.
• Date deployed: June 1989
• Launch sites: Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., and Vandenberg AFB, Calif.

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See also

• Titan (rocket family)

Titan was a family of U.S. expendable rockets used between 1959 and 2005. ...

External links

• USAF Titan IVB Fact Sheet
• Titan IV Ignition Videos
• Cassini Huygens Aboard a Titan IV-B Launch Videos
• Early Lunar Access
• Early Lunar Access