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Gemini (Titan II)

Gemini (Titan II)

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Designed: May 2020

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Launch Vehicles,
All,
Manned Spaceflight,
Medium Lift Launch Vehicle,
Space Agency - NASA

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The Titan II GLV (Gemini Launch Vehicle) or Gemini-Titan II was an American expendable launch system derived from the Titan II missile, which was used to launch twelve Gemini missions for NASA between 1964 and 1966. Two unmanned launches followed by ten manned ones were conducted from Launch Complex 19 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, starting with Gemini 1 on April 8, 1964.

The Titan II was a two-stage liquid-fuel rocket, using a hypergolic propellant combination of Aerozine 50 fuel and nitrogen tetroxide oxidizer. The first stage was powered by an LR87 engine (with two combustion chambers and nozzles, fed by a single set of turbomachinery), and the second stage was propelled by an LR-91 engine.

Specifications

  • Country of Origin: United States
  • Manufacturer: Martin
  • First Launched: April 8 1964
  • Launch site: Cape Canaveral, Launch Complex 19
  • Length: 109 feet (33.2 m)
  • Diameter:10 feet (3.05 m)
  • Launch Mass: 340,000 pounds (154,200 kg)
  • Stages: 2
  • Boosters: 0
  • Payload to LEO: 7,900 pounds (3,580 kg)

Flight history

Mission LV serial No Launch date Crew
GT-I GLV-1 12556 April 8, 1964 Unmanned orbital test flight
GT-II GLV-2 12557 January 19, 1965 Unmanned suborbital test of Gemini heat shield
GT-III GLV-3 12558 March 23, 1965 Gus Grissom and John Young
GT-IV GLV-4 12559 June 3, 1965 James McDivitt and Ed White
GT-V GLV-5 12560 August 21, 1965 Gordon Cooper and Charles P. Conrad
GT-VII GLV-7 12562 December 4, 1965 Frank Borman and Jim Lovell
GT-VI A GLV-6 12561 December 15, 1965 Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford
GT-VIII GLV-8 12563 March 16, 1966 Neil Armstrong and David Scott
GT-IX A GLV-9 12564 June 3, 1966 Thomas P. Stafford and Eugene Cernan
GT-X GLV-10 12565 July 18, 1966 John Young and Michael Collins
GT-XI GLV-11 12566 September 12, 1966 Charles P. Conrad and Richard F. Gordon
GT-XII GLV-12 12567 November 11, 1966 Jim Lovell and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin

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