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NASA Center: Kennedy Space Center
Image # : TitanIII-C
Date : 09/04/1970

Title

Titan III-C Launch

Full Description

This photograph shows a Titan III-C launch vehicle. Titan vehicles are designed to carry payloads equal to the size and weight of those on the space shuttle. The Titan IV Centaur can put 10,000 pound payloads into geosynchronous orbit, 22,300 miles above Earth. For more information about Titan and Centaur, please see chapters 4 and 8, respectively, in Roger Launius and Dennis Jenkins' book To Reach the High Frontier published by The University Press of Kentucky in 2002.

Keywords

Titan III-C launch vehicle, 70-H-1140

Subject Category

Rocket Launches, Titan

Reference Numbers

  • Center: KSC
  • Center Number: TitanIII-C
  • GRIN DataBase Number: GPN-2003-00046

Source Information

  • Creator/Photographer: NASA
  • Original Source: NASA

Image Information ( Copyright Notification )

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Thumbnail JPEG 58 72 5
Small JPEG 462 575 160
Medium JPEG 963 1197 711
Large JPEG 1927 2395 4,221

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