Lockheed Martin's Titan 4 B successful into Space

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[iso]

More information about that ?

[feedback doctor]

I will second this observation. Saw it along the South Carolina coast. The separation was very bright, and the halo was bright and very large! The halo began before separation. After staging the jettisoned stage continued to be bright with a fuzzy glow, almost a comet like appearance. The whole thing was like a scene from a sci-movie. Found the info after the fact on spacefightnow.com I have seen a number of shuttle launches from this location, my own back yard. Was out to watch an Iridium flare, and there were a number of people with me so we all got to see a great show!

[ProudVet77]

Vistied my brother at Cape Kennedy in August of 1966. He had a place in Titusville. We had seen a Saturn 1B fly, so when there was a Titan-3C clauch we watched from his backyard. Had one of those little Kodak instamatics, and was clicking away, just as I ran out of film, boom,
Titan-3C all over the sky.

[hattend]

Off subject a little but can the new spy sats really read the writing on a pack of cigarettes?

If I told you the truth, I'd have to kill you.

[Calvin Locke]

Here's another http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1392850/posts,
in addition to the link in post #15.


Then, of course, there's always www.space.com and www.spacedaily.com

[iso]

Thanks .

[jackbill]

Happy to say I worked at the plant that made most of the N2O4 for the Titan and the Shuttle.

If the payload was what I think it was, I worked on it some years ago.

[G Larry]

It was a great night watching this event from Denver.
Ben and I were Electronic Technicians together at Vandenberg AFB in 1976/77.
Worked with Walt on the West Coast Shuttle when he was a Col., then later on the TIV Program here in Denver w Martin Marietta (later Lockheed Martin).
Great crew, Great Success!

[Skybird]

N2O4 = Nasty Stuff...

[Gunrunner2]

"If I told you the truth, I'd have to kill you."

Actually, if I told you what I know they would kill me and then they would kill you.

;-)

[Skybird]

I was in the shower at the base gym when they launched one out of Vandenberg AFB. It first felt like an earthquake was rolling across the land...my instinct was to grab the faucet and hang on...

Thanks to the Titans for keeping the peace and being a very reliable heavy lifter--you did your job well!!

[stboz]

Tres kewl.

[stboz]

Not as toxic as chlorine. Highly visible due to its red color, but not as toxic. The other component of the fuel for the Titan, UDMH (unsymetrical-dimethyl-hydrazine) will give you cancer if you even look at it.

[Joe Boucher]

Was in back yard in Port St. Lucie when I looked up and saw it with my wife and friends.
Way cool.
Not like a shuttle, but way cool. Not like a moon shot but way cool.
Since nothing was said beforehand, It was a govt. secret agency spy type stuff.
But way cool guy.

[larryjohnson]

Walt Yager was my boss briefly in Titan when we were majors. But we were were in the program together for about 5 years.

[RightWhale]

The Gov't is lax on PR. You need to go to a commercial website to know what is going on, such as

http://spaceflightnow.com/

[Rockitz]

That's the last east coast launch of the Titan 4 and there's one more west coast launch tentatively scheduled in July and I'll be there getting Sideways with the rest of the crew.

[Rockitz]

http://spaceflightnow.com/

That's my fave. They let Justin into launch control so he gets the good story.

[stboz]

Anybody have an update on the Vandenburg launch date? I'd love to see it if possible. Any viewing area recommendations?