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Intended to be used along side the Space Shuttle, Lockheed Martin Space Systems' Titan IV was the last of the Titan rocket family. Originally, the Titan IV was only supposed have 10 launches, but after the loss of the Challenger Orbiter, more expendable launch vehicles were needed and the program was expanded. It was retired in 2005 due to its high operation cost, with it's last launch being on October 19th of that year. In total, the Titan IV flew 39 times, and with 35 of those being successful, it had an ~89% success rate.

This massive 4-stage rocket consists of 2 SMRU SRBs (Stage 0), a center core with 2 LR87 engines (Stage 1), an upper stage with 1 LR91 engine (Stage 2), and a Centaur-T upper stage with 2 RL10 engines (Stage 3). This may not be entirely to scale, especially with the Centaur-T being smaller for more payload room, but in general this is fairly accurate. **I'm also realizing the second stage chugs fuel like crazy so I might update this (The real Titan IV is like 3 meters taller so I might just use that on S2)

Notes:
To get access to the fairing, search "Titan Fairing" in the parts list and hide all of the parts with that name.
Thanks to @Klosskopf, since his Atlas 5 (& Curiosity) gave me the idea to make the Titan 4B and his single engine Centaur inspired my Centaur-T

GENERAL INFO

  • Successors 5 craft(s) +77 bonus
  • Created On: Windows
  • Game Version: 0.6.4.1
  • Price: $16,183k
  • Number of Parts: 207
  • Dimensions: 47 m x 5 m x 12 m

PERFORMANCE

  • Total Delta V: 7.7km/s
  • Total Thrust: 8.5MN
  • Engines: 7
  • Wet Mass: 3.91E+5kg
  • Dry Mass: 51,210kg

STAGES

Stage Engines Delta V Thrust Burn Mass
1 2 1.6km/s 5.4MN 81s 3.91E+5kg
2 2 385m/s 1.3MN 1.8m 3.91E+5kg
5 1 868m/s 1.6MN 47s 1.05E+5kg
8 2 4.9km/s 250kN 8.3m 54,609kg

SPOTLIGHTS

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    15 Grion

    @SasquatchOnNeptune ohhh that's why the engines look diffrent to the new one

    4.1 years ago
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    @Grion I honestly don't really remember, I think the liquid-fueled engines are mages and the "SRBs" are the F-1 lookin engines (I know what the name of them are). This was made before custom engines and actual solid motors so I just scaled the in-game engines, I don't think I XML'ed them though.

    4.1 years ago
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    15 Grion

    What engine did you use

    +1 4.1 years ago
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    @SasquatchOnNeptune :)

    +1 4.2 years ago
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    @Xali290 @Itsmelight Thank you very much! It's nice to see people enjoying it 2 yrs later :)

    4.2 years ago
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    The Best Titan IVB

    +1 4.2 years ago
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    I'm shocked by how good this is

    +1 4.5 years ago
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    @Emin2904 I've got a couple other projects I'm working on but that's an awesome idea! I'll have to do that eventually

    6.1 years ago
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    can you do the Viking 1-2 orbiter + Lander?

    +1 6.1 years ago
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    563 MyMessage

    Ok cool @SasquatchOnNeptune

    +1 6.1 years ago
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    @MyMessage That gold thing? Really just a test payload that I left in there for pictures and that sort of thing but essentially.

    6.1 years ago
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    563 MyMessage

    Is that cargo? Cool

    +1 6.1 years ago

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