Launch Vehicles
Titan IV
United States
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The largest of the Titan family, an American heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle built for the U.S. Air Force to loft the heaviest national-security payloads, including reconnaissance satellites too large for the Space Shuttle after the Challenger disaster grounded shuttle-launched military payloads.
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Vehicle ClassHeavy-lift expendable launch vehicle 1 ManufacturerMartin Marietta / Lockheed Martin 1 First Flight Date StatusRetired in 2005, the last of the Titan family and the final U.S. launch vehicle directly descended from a ballistic missile. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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1. Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://astronautix.com/t/titan4.htmlQuote, http://astronautix.com/t/titan4.html
Developed to handle military payloads designed for launch on Shuttle from Vandenberg before the USAF pulled out of the Shuttle program after the Challenger disaster.
1. Encyclopedia Astronautica
Operated By: Lockheed Martin
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