I just watched a big rocket launch from Kennedy about 10 minutes ago - it had two main boosters that fell off just like the shuttle.
A second staging event took place about 2 minutes later.
Another staging gave off a huge halo that I thought was too big for comfort.
Great view from my 2nd story balcony looking north from Hobe Sound. I didnt see ANYTHING on the Kennedy spaceport website about a launch.
This was the last Titan. Great bird. Lot's of history.
I'm proud to have been part of many Titan launches in the past.
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Mystery Ship May Track....
Nice job.
Off subject a little but can the new spy sats really read the writing on a pack of cigarettes?
Happy to say I worked at the plant that made most of the N2O4 for the Titan and the Shuttle. The plant is gone now and so is the Titan....the Shuttle? Who knows?
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.
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!
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.
Anybody have an update on the Vandenburg launch date? I'd love to see it if possible. Any viewing area recommendations?