Titan II

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Titan II was a family of U.S. liquid-fueled rockets originally developed as intercontinental ballistic missiles and later adapted to launch NASA’s Gemini crewed spacecraft and various military and civilian payloads into orbit.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Titan II canonical 12
Titan II G 1
Titan II core 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intercontinental ballistic missile
rocket family
conversion silo-based ICBMs converted to space launch vehicles
countryOfOrigin United States
designFeature hypergolic propellants
storable propellants
developedFor Cold War nuclear deterrent
developmentStart late 1950s
enteredServiceAsICBM 1963
era Cold War
familyMember LGM-25C Titan II
linked to: Titan II ICBM

Titan II GLV
Titan II SLV
linked to: Titan IIIC
firstCrewedLaunchVehicleUse Gemini 3
fuelStorageCapability long-term storable
fuelTypeFirstStage Aerozine 50
fuelTypeSecondStage Aerozine 50
guidanceSystem inertial guidance
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 19
Vandenberg Air Force Base
manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company
notableUse launch of Gemini 12
launch of Gemini 4
launch of Gemini 8
operatorAsICBM Strategic Air Command
operatorAsLaunchVehicle NASA
U.S. Air Force
oxidizerFirstStage nitrogen tetroxide
oxidizerSecondStage nitrogen tetroxide
propellantType liquid-fueled
retiredAsICBM 1987
siloBased true
stageCount 2
status retired
successor LGM-30 Minuteman
usedAs ICBM
orbital launch vehicle
usedBy NASA
U.S. military
United States Air Force
usedFor launching Gemini crewed spacecraft
launching civilian payloads
launching military payloads
launching reconnaissance satellites
launching research satellites
launching weather satellites
usedInProgram Project Gemini
warheadTypeWhenICBM thermonuclear warhead

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Referenced by (14)

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

Landsat 6 launchVehicle Titan II
Landsat 6 launchVehicleVariant Titan II G
linked to: Titan II
Titan IIIA coreStage Titan II
Titan I followedBy Titan II
NOAA-16 launchVehicle Titan II
NOAA-14 launchVehicle Titan II
NOAA-15 launchVehicle Titan II
Martin Titan missile family hasVariant Titan II
Titan IIIB firstStage Titan II core
linked to: Titan II
Titan hasVariant Titan II
SLC-3 launchVehicleSupported Titan II