Titan I

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Titan I was the United States’ first-generation liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile, later adapted as an early space launch vehicle during the Cold War.

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Titan I canonical 6

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ
liquid-fueled rocket ⓘ
space launch vehicle ⓘ
category first-generation U.S. ICBM ⓘ
conflictContext Cold War arms race ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
deploymentMode hardened launch complex ⓘ
underground silo with elevator lift ⓘ
developedBy Glenn L. Martin Company ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
developedFor strategic nuclear deterrence ⓘ
enteredService 1962 ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1959-02-06 ⓘ
followedBy Titan II ⓘ
fuelType RP-1 kerosene ⓘ
guidanceType inertial guidance ⓘ
historicalSignificance contributed to U.S. strategic missile capability in early 1960s ⓘ
early step in U.S. heavy-lift launch vehicle development ⓘ
launchConfiguration two-stage, tandem-stacked configuration ⓘ
launchMethod silo-lift launch ⓘ
launchSitesUsed Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
manufacturer Glenn L. Martin Company ⓘ
notableFeature adapted from military missile to space launcher ⓘ
first U.S. multistage ICBM deployed in silos ⓘ
numberOfStages 2 ⓘ
operator Strategic Air Command ⓘ
oxidizer liquid oxygen ⓘ
partOf Titan rocket family ⓘ
precededBy Atlas missile ⓘ
linked to: Atlas ICBM
propellantType cryogenic oxidizer with storable fuel ⓘ
propulsion liquid-fueled rocket engines ⓘ
retiredFromService 1965 ⓘ
role intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successorRole replaced in ICBM role by Titan II ⓘ
technology two-stage liquid propulsion with LOX/RP-1 ⓘ
usedAs booster for early space launches ⓘ
test vehicle for Titan II technologies ⓘ
usedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
usedFor operational missile squadrons ⓘ
research and development launches ⓘ
usedInProgram U.S. ICBM program ⓘ
early U.S. space program ⓘ
warheadType thermonuclear warhead ⓘ

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

LR-91 → usedOn → Titan I ⓘ
Martin Titan missile family → hasVariant → Titan I ⓘ
Titan → hasVariant → Titan I ⓘ