Month: November 2022

The Tsyklon space launch vehicle (also called Cyclone) first appeared in 1966. It was a derivative of the Soviet Union’s R-36 ICBM […]

Titan 2 would have launched X-20 glider on suborbital test flights to Saint Lucia or Fortaleza, Brazil. The giant fins on this […]

Titan 23B-08 Launched Gambit-3 KH-8 1730 from VAFB SLC 4W on January 21, 1971.  Titan 3B was the most-flown, but least-known, Titan […]

Titan 4 was the last of Lockheed Martin’s ICBM-based Titan booster series.  Titan 4B, the final variant, could boost 21.7 metric tons […]

Titan 23G space launch vehicles were refurbished decommissioned Titan 2 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs). The two-stage liquid fueled storable propellant launchers were […]