Talk:Titan (rocket family)

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[edit] Payload

Titan 4 payload to GTO is about 13000kg, not 5800kg. That's the GEO payload. --Rnbc 00:07, 2005 Jun 16 (UTC)

[edit] Are you sure???

The current owners of the Titan line (Lockheed-Martin) decided to extend their Atlas family of rockets instead of the more expensive Titans, along with joint ventures to sell launches on the Proton and the new Delta IV class of medium and heavy-lift launch vehicles.

But Delta IV prodused by Boeing. Lockheed-Martin produsing Atlas rockets. Is that a mistake? TestPilot 00:52, 20 January 2006 (UTC)

The link to the IUS infromation at Boeing is:

http://www.boeing.com/history/boeing/ius.html

[edit] Cost of propellants

"The high cost of Hydrazine and Nitrogen Tetroxide proved too much" - this cannot be true. The cost of propellant is on the order of 1% of all costs associated with the launch. The toxicity and fire hazard of said components is most likely were more important in that decision.


[edit] Accident

does someone have infor to include on the Titan accident. A maintenance guy droped a wrench down the silo, this burst the fuel tank and threw the war head miles away causing an emergency search to recover the warhead. Saltysailor (talk) 14:42, 8 June 2008 (UTC)