Last Titan 2

Little remarked here that the final Titan 2 launch is set
to occur Wed. Oct 15 from Vandenberg AFB. Titan 23G-9 is
the 13th and final launch of 14 refurbished Titan 2 ICBMs.
The 14th Titan 23G will probably end up at the Dayton
musuem.

Titan 23G-9 will be the 106th Titan 2 launch overall, and
the 25th Titan 2 space launch, since the ICBM first flew
in 1962. Martin reportedly built 141 of the missiles.

- Ed Kyle

ed kyle wrote:

Martin reportedly built 141 of the missiles.

That 141 figure is just the ICBMs, the Gemini launch vehicles would
add another 12.

Jim Davis

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Little remarked here that the final Titan 2 launch is set
to occur Wed. Oct 15 from Vandenberg AFB. Titan 23G-9 is
the 13th and final launch of 14 refurbished Titan 2 ICBMs.
The 14th Titan 23G will probably end up at the Dayton
musuem.

Titan 23G-9 will be the 106th Titan 2 launch overall, and
the 25th Titan 2 space launch, since the ICBM first flew
in 1962. Martin reportedly built 141 of the missiles.

- Ed Kyle

So where's the other 35?


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Titan 23G-9 will be the 106th Titan 2 launch overall, and
the 25th Titan 2 space launch, since the ICBM first flew
in 1962. Martin reportedly built 141 of the missiles.

- Ed Kyle

So where's the other 35?

As of a few years ago, they were sitting in an USAF warehouse. They
were the launch vehicle in the HMX access to space proposal. I recall
a mention in a sci.space.* post that they have since been sold to a
scrapper.

Mike Chan wrote:

As of a few years ago, they were sitting in an USAF warehouse. They
were the launch vehicle in the HMX access to space proposal. I recall
a mention in a sci.space.* post that they have since been sold to a
scrapper.


There's one on display in it's silo in Arizona, also. Are any others on
display at museums?

In article , Pat Flannery wrote:

There's one on display in it's silo in Arizona, also. Are any others on
display at museums?

I think I remember seeing one out at Ames/Moffat Field, when I got
the chance to visit there in early March '98 (March 2nd IIRC. The day
before they announced the stuff about water on the moon)


Iain

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In article , Pat Flannery wrote:

There's one on display in it's silo in Arizona, also. Are any others on
display at museums?

I think I remember seeing one out at Ames/Moffat Field, when I got
the chance to visit there in early March '98 (March 2nd IIRC. The day
before they announced the stuff about water on the moon)

If memory serves, the one at Ames is a Titan I.

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"ed kyle" wrote in message
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Little remarked here that the final Titan 2 launch is set
to occur Wed. Oct 15 from Vandenberg AFB. Titan 23G-9 is
the 13th and final launch of 14 refurbished Titan 2 ICBMs.
The 14th Titan 23G will probably end up at the Dayton
musuem.

Titan 23G-9 will be the 106th Titan 2 launch overall, and
the 25th Titan 2 space launch, since the ICBM first flew
in 1962. Martin reportedly built 141 of the missiles.

- Ed Kyle

So where's the other 35?


According to David Stumpe's "Titan II", 33 R&D Titan II ICBMs
were built and 32 flown, with the last (N-10) used as a training
missile that ended up at the Titan Missile Museum in Arizona.
An additional 108 operational missiles were built, of which
49 were flown, 2 were destroyed in accidents (there were five
Titan II silo accidents during the program that together claimed
58 lives), 14.5 were selected for refurbishment as space launch
vehicles, 39.5 were stored at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona, and
one each was sent to museums at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, the
National Atomic Museum at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, and at the
Huntsville Space Center.

Several (maybe 15?) additional Titan IIs were specifically built
for use in the Gemini program, of which 12 were launched. Parts
from at least one Titan II appear to have been used in the KSC
Visitors Center display (it reportedly consists of two first
stages stacked on top of each other). Another Gemini Titan II
airframe may have ended up at the New York Worlds Fairgrounds
(recently refurbished).

- Ed Kyle

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:04:22 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:



Mike Chan wrote:

As of a few years ago, they were sitting in an USAF warehouse. They
were the launch vehicle in the HMX access to space proposal. I recall
a mention in a sci.space.* post that they have since been sold to a
scrapper.


There's one on display in it's silo in Arizona, also. Are any others on
display at museums?


There are Titan II's on display at:


-Titan Missile Museum, Arizona, #61-2733 (N-10)

-Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (Titan II-Gemini replica)

-Science Museum, Bayamon Puerto Rico (Titan II-Gemini replica)

-KSC Visitor Complex, Kennedy Space Center (Titan II Gemini - appears
to be made up of two first stages stacked one on another. No real
second stage.)

-New York Hall of Science. Titan II Gemini, this was part of the
1964/1965 World's Fair display. Recently refurbished.

-National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque New Mexico.

-Alabama Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville Alabama, 61-2756 (B-2).

-USAF Museum, Dayton, Ohio, #61-2759 (B-5) (in storage, not on
display)


For Atlas missiles on display see my webpage at:

http://www.geocities.com/atlas_missile/displays.html


For Minuteman Missiles on displya see my webpage at:

http://www.geocities.com/atlas_missile/displays.html


For Titan I missiles on display see my webpage at:

http://www.geocities.com/titan_1_missile/displays.html



-Rusty Barton - Antelope, California

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On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 21:41:55 -0700, Rusty Barton
wrote:

On Wed, 15 Oct 2003 15:04:22 -0500, Pat Flannery
wrote:



Mike Chan wrote:

As of a few years ago, they were sitting in an USAF warehouse. They
were the launch vehicle in the HMX access to space proposal. I recall
a mention in a sci.space.* post that they have since been sold to a
scrapper.


There's one on display in it's silo in Arizona, also. Are any others on
display at museums?


There are Titan II's on display at:


-Titan Missile Museum, Arizona, #61-2733 (N-10)

-Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center (Titan II-Gemini replica)

-Science Museum, Bayamon Puerto Rico (Titan II-Gemini replica)

-KSC Visitor Complex, Kennedy Space Center (Titan II Gemini - appears
to be made up of two first stages stacked one on another. No real
second stage.)

-New York Hall of Science. Titan II Gemini, this was part of the
1964/1965 World's Fair display. Recently refurbished.

-National Atomic Museum, Albuquerque New Mexico.

-Alabama Space and Rocket Center, Huntsville Alabama, 61-2756 (B-2).

-USAF Museum, Dayton, Ohio, #61-2759 (B-5) (in storage, not on
display)


For Atlas missiles on display see my webpage at:

http://www.geocities.com/atlas_missile/displays.html


For Minuteman Missiles on displya see my webpage at:

http://www.geocities.com/atlas_missile/displays.html


For Titan I missiles on display see my webpage at:

http://www.geocities.com/titan_1_missile/displays.html



-Rusty Barton - Antelope, California


The Minuteman ICBM display list is:

http://www.geocities.com/minuteman_missile/displays.htm

- Rusty Barton - Antlope, California
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