What was the Titan 2 used for?

Titan II was originally designed and used as an ICBM, but was later adapted as a medium-lift space launch vehicle to carry payloads to Earth orbit for the United States Air Force (USAF), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

What was the Titan II missile program?

The Titan II Missile program was a Cold War weapons system featuring fifty-four launch complexes in three states. Eighteen were in Arkansas, from which intercontinental ballistic missiles carrying nine-megaton nuclear warheads could be launched to strike targets as far as 5,500 miles away.

How many Titan 2 missile silos were there?

54 Titan II missile
At the Titan Missile Museum, near Tucson, Arizona, visitors journey through time to stand on the front line of the Cold War. This preserved Titan II missile site, officially known as complex 571-7, is all that remains of the 54 Titan II missile sites that were on alert across the United States from 1963 to 1987.

What was the Titan rocket used for?

This rocket was used almost exclusively to launch US military or Central Intelligence Agency payloads. However, it was also used for a purely scientific purpose to launch the NASA–ESA Cassini / Huygens space probe to Saturn in 1997.

What was the Titan IV used for?

Vehicle description. 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, the Inertial Upper Stage (IUS), or the Centaur upper stage.

Is there a Titan 2 movie?

Furia de Titanes II A.I.E. Wrath of the Titans is a 2012 action fantasy film and a sequel to the 2010 film Clash of the Titans.

Who built the Titan rocket?

Titan I, the first in the series, was built by Martin Company (later Lockheed Martin Corporation) for the U.S. Air Force in the late 1950s.

What is the largest ICBM in the world?

ICBMs by country