Titan 23G-10 goes to Oregon Museum

According to:

"http://www.katu.com/stories/77971.html"

The Evergreen Aviation Museum in McMinnville, Oregon
(home of the Hughes "Spruce Goose") will display
Titan 23G-10 (former Titan missile B-108) beginning
in July. This was a former active-duty Titan II that
was refurbished during the 1980s for use as a space
launcher. It was never assigned a space launch
mission and thus became the last surviving Titan 23G
when that program ended a few years ago.

One last unassigned Titan (Titan IVB-37) might also
be available for display after the Titan IV program
ends this year.

- Ed Kyle

"Ed Kyle" wrote in
ups.com:

One last unassigned Titan (Titan IVB-37) might also
be available for display after the Titan IV program
ends this year.

I presume that's just the core? Can't imagine them
allowing loaded solid boosters out for display, assuming
those were even built.

--Damon

Damon Hill wrote:
"Ed Kyle" wrote in
ups.com:

One last unassigned Titan (Titan IVB-37) might also
be available for display after the Titan IV program
ends this year.

I presume that's just the core? Can't imagine them
allowing loaded solid boosters out for display, assuming
those were even built.

--Damon

Upon reflection, I'm wondering if Martin-Lockheed actually
completed the core stages. According to:

"http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/t4table.htm"

The "K-41" vehicle, which would have been the last of 41
planned Titan IVs, had its mission cancelled several
years ago. This is probably the B-37 vehicle (or mission,
I never fully understood the "A" and "B" numbering system
but the "K" numbers clearly identify the hardware).

If this thing does exist, any SRMU hardware that might
go with it would only be displayed inert, if it were
ever displayed at all. Considering that General Dynamics-
Lockheed flew every last Atlas Centaur so that none remain
for museum display (as I understand it), it seems unlikely
that a complete Titan IV would have been built without a
mission.

- Ed Kyle

Ed Kyle wrote:
Damon Hill wrote:
"Ed Kyle" wrote in
ups.com:

One last unassigned Titan (Titan IVB-37) might also
be available for display after the Titan IV program
ends this year.

I presume that's just the core? Can't imagine them
allowing loaded solid boosters out for display, assuming
those were even built.

--Damon

Upon reflection, I'm wondering if Martin-Lockheed actually
completed the core stages. According to:

"http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/t4table.htm"

The "K-41" vehicle, which would have been the last of 41
planned Titan IVs, had its mission cancelled several
years ago.

Nawwww, this isn't right. There have only been
38 Titan IV launches to date. The 39th and final
Titan IV (K-35/B-26) is standing on SLC-4 East at
Vandenberg AFB now, waiting for a launch this
summer (or fall, or winter, or next year, etc.,
in the usual Titan fashion). K-41 was cancelled,
so the last, unassigned Titan would most likely
be K-40/B-37.

- Ed Kyle

Ed Kyle wrote:
Ed Kyle wrote:
Damon Hill wrote:
"Ed Kyle" wrote in
ups.com:

One last unassigned Titan (Titan IVB-37) might also
be available for display after the Titan IV program
ends this year.

I presume that's just the core? Can't imagine them
allowing loaded solid boosters out for display, assuming
those were even built.

--Damon

Upon reflection, I'm wondering if Martin-Lockheed actually
completed the core stages. According to:

"http://www.globalsecurity.org/space/systems/t4table.htm"

The "K-41" vehicle, which would have been the last of 41
planned Titan IVs, had its mission cancelled several
years ago.

Nawwww, this isn't right. There have only been
38 Titan IV launches to date. The 39th and final
Titan IV (K-35/B-26) is standing on SLC-4 East at
Vandenberg AFB now, waiting for a launch this
summer (or fall, or winter, or next year, etc.,
in the usual Titan fashion). K-41 was cancelled,
so the last, unassigned Titan would most likely
be K-40/B-37.

According to:

"http://www.aero.org/publications/crosslink/winter2003/07_table.html"

40 Titan IVs were ordered, but only 39 were built.
So no extras, probably.

- Ed Kyle

Ed Kyle wrote:
According to:

"http://www.aero.org/publications/crosslink/winter2003/07_table.html"

40 Titan IVs were ordered, but only 39 were built.
So no extras, probably.

Here is the Titan IV record.

Date Payload Vehicle Serial Nos. Site
S/F

1 06/14/89 DSP 14 Titan 402A/IUS K-1/IUS-8 CC
LC41 S
2 06/08/90 SLDCOM 1 Titan 405A K-4 CC
LC41 S
3 11/13/90 DSP 15 Titan 402A/IUS K-6/IUS-6 CC
LC41 S
4 03/08/91 LACROSSE 2 Titan 403A K-5 V
SLC4E S
5 11/08/91 SLDCOM 2 Titan 403A K-8 V
SLC4E S
6 11/28/92 Improved Crystal Titan 404A K-3 V
SLC4E S
7 08/02/93 SLDCOM 3 Titan 403A K-11 V
SLC4E F
8 02/07/94 Milstar DFS 1 Titan 401A/Centaur K-10/TC-12 CC
LC40 S
9 05/03/94 TRUMPET 1 Titan 401A/Centaur K-7/TC-10 CC
LC41 S
10 08/27/94 MERCURY 1 Titan 401A/Centaur K-9/TC-11 CC
LC41 S
11 12/22/94 DSP 17 Titan 402A/IUS K-14/IUS-20 CC
LC40 S
12 05/14/95 Adv ORION 1 Titan 401A/Centaur K-23/TC-17 CC
LC40 S
13 07/10/95 TRUMPET 2 Titan 401A/Centaur K-19/TC-8 CC
LC41 S
14 11/06/95 Milstar DFS 2 Titan 401A/Centaur K-21/TC-13 CC
LC40 S
15 12/05/95 Improved Crystal Titan 404A K-15 V
SLC4E S
16 04/24/96 MERCURY 2 Titan 401A/Centaur K-16/TC-15 CC
LC41 S
17 05/12/96 SLDCOM 4 Titan 403A K-22 V
SLC4E S
18 07/03/96 QUASAR 4 Titan 405A K-2 CC
LC40 S
19 12/20/96 Improved Crystal 4 Titan 404A K-13 V
SLC4E S
20 02/23/97 DSP 20 Titan 402B/IUS 4B-24/IUS-4 CC
LC40 S
21 10/15/97 Cassini Titan 401B/Centaur 4B-33/TC-21 CC
LC40 S
22 10/24/97 LACROSSE 3 Titan 403A 4A-18 V
SLC4E S
23 11/08/97 TRUMPET 3 Titan 401A/Centaur 4A-17/TC-16 CC
LC41 S
24 05/09/98 Adv ORION 2 Titan 401B/Centaur 4B-25/TC-18 CC
LC40 S
25 08/12/98 MERCURY 3 Titan 401A/Centaur 4A-20/TC-9 CC
LC41 F
26 04/09/99 DSP 19 Titan 402B/IUS 4B-27/IUS-21 CC
LC41 F
27 04/30/99 Milstar-2 F1 Titan 401B/Centaur 4B-32/TC-14 CC
LC40 F
28 05/22/99 MISTY 2 Titan 404B 4B-12 V
SLC4E S
29 05/08/00 DSP 18 Titan 402B/IUS 4B-29/IUS-22 CC
LC40 S
30 08/17/00 ONYX 4 Titan 403B 4B-28 V
SLC4E S
31 02/27/01 Milstar DFS-4 Titan 401B/Centaur 4B-41/TC-22 CC
SLC40 S
32 08/06/01 DSP Titan 402B/IUS 4B-31/IUS-16 CC
SLC40 S
33 10/05/01 Improved CRYSTAL Titan 404B 4B-34 V
SLC4E S
34 01/16/02 Milstar DFS-5 Titan 401B/Centaur 4B-38/TC-19 CC
SLC40 S
35 04/08/03 Milstar DFS-6 Titan 401B/Centaur 4B-35/TC-23 CC
SLC40 S
36 09/09/03 Adv ORION 3 Titan 401B/Centaur 4B-36/TC-20 CC
SLC40 S
37 02/14/04 DSP F22 Titan 402B/IUS 4B-39/IUS-10 CC
SLC40 S
38 04/30/05 ONYX 5 Titan 405B 4B-30 CC
SLC40 S
39 xx/xx/05 NRO-Payload Titan 40XB 4B-26 V
SLC4E -
40 Canceled Titan 40XB 4B-37 -
----- -

Failure List

8/2/1993 SRM failure T+101s (FTO)
8/12/1998 Control loss T+41.3s, Pwr glitch caused pitchover (FTO)
4/9/1999 IUS SRM-2 apogee burn failed due SRM-1 bad sep (GTO)
4/30/1999 Bad Centaur attitude control software (EEO)

Notes:

CC: Cape Canaveral
V: Vandenberg
F: Failure
S: Success
(S)LC: (Space) Launch Complex
IUS: Inertial Upper Stage
(EEO): Unintended Eliptical Earth Orbit
(GTO): Unintended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit
(FTO): Failed to Orbit

References:

Jonathan's Space Report Launch Vehicle Database
"http://www.planet4589.org/space/lvdb/index.html"
Encylopedia Astronautica "http://www.astronautix.com/"
Gunter's Space Page "http://www.skyrocket.de/space"

- Ed Kyle