Titan II second stage

E381691

The Titan II second stage was the upper propulsion segment of the Titan II launch vehicle used during the Gemini program, serving as the spent target object for early U.S. crewed orbital rendezvous attempts.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Titan II second stage canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf rocket stage ⓘ
upper stage ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
engine Aerojet LR-91 ⓘ
engineType liquid-propellant rocket engine ⓘ
era 1960s ⓘ
fuel Aerozine 50 ⓘ
ignitionType hypergolic ignition ⓘ
launchProvider U.S. Air Force ⓘ
launchVehicleFamily Titan family of rockets ⓘ
linked to: Titan rocket family
manufacturer Aerojet ⓘ
linked to: Aerojet Rocketdyne
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operatedBy U.S. Air Force ⓘ
operatedFor NASA Gemini missions ⓘ
linked to: Gemini program
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
oxidizer nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
partOf Titan II launch vehicle ⓘ
program Gemini program ⓘ
propellantFeedSystem pressure-fed ⓘ
propellantType hypergolic propellant ⓘ
reusability expendable ⓘ
separationFrom Titan II first stage ⓘ
spaceAgency NASA ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
usedAs passive rendezvous target ⓘ
spent target object ⓘ
stationkeeping reference object ⓘ
usedFor Gemini program missions ⓘ
linked to: Gemini program

crew piloting practice in proximity operations ⓘ
orbital insertion ⓘ
testing rendezvous techniques ⓘ
testing stationkeeping procedures ⓘ
usedIn early U.S. crewed orbital rendezvous attempts ⓘ
usedOnMission Gemini 10 ⓘ
Gemini 11 ⓘ
Gemini 12 ⓘ
Gemini 4 ⓘ
Gemini 5 ⓘ
Gemini 6A ⓘ
Gemini 7 ⓘ
Gemini 8 ⓘ
Gemini 9A ⓘ
usedOnVehicle Gemini–Titan II ⓘ
linked to: Titan II ICBM

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gemini 4 → attemptedRendezvousWith → Titan II second stage ⓘ
Titan IIIB → secondStage → Titan II second stage ⓘ