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Titan Ii Missile Launch Test Vandenberg Air Force Base #1 Xd9147 (1963)

1963 · Short film · 5 min

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This is a slow-motion aerial clip of the launch of Titan II, N-27, on 9 November 1963, Launch Complex 395-C, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. The apogee of this launch was 1,300 km.21-31 seconds, first stage ignition and thrust buildup,3:57 footage most likely taken from helicopter. Contrail formation beginning at 3:57. Staging is not shown.The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile. Titan II was originally designed and used as an ICBM, but was later adapted as a medium-lift space launch vehicle (these adaptations were designated Titan II GLV and Titan 23G) 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). Those payloads included the USAF Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP), NOAA weather satellites, and NASA's Gemini crewed space capsules. The modified Titan II SLVs (Space Launch Vehicles) were launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, up until 2003.The Titan II Research and Development flight test program consisted of Category I and Category II test operations conducted at the Air Force Eastern Test Range (AFETR), with launches from Cape Kennedy, Florida, and the Air Force Western Test Range (AFWTR) with launches from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California during the period from March 1962 to April 1964. Category I…

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5 minutes
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Ephemeral Films

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