Object Details
- Manufacturer
- Rocketdyne, Division of North American Aviation Co.
- Summary
- This is the Attitude Control and Ullage System module for the Titan III-E transtage. The Titan III-E was a modified Titan missile used to launch deep space probes and satellites into geosynchronous orbits. The Control and Ullage System provided roll and yaw control for the vehicle.
- The Titan III-E made its first successful launch in 1974. Among the vehicle's most significant missions occurred in August and September 1975 when it launched the Viking 1 and 2 spacecraft to Mars, respectively.
- This Attitude Control System was transferred from the U.S. Air Force to the Smithsonian Institution in 1970.
- Credit Line
- Transferred from the U.S. Air Force
- 1967
- Inventory Number
- A19700336000
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Overall, stainless steel; combustion chambers, phenolic; rubber nozzle protective covers for each of three nozzles; steel clamps around protective covers; most of the propellant lines, brass colored, and probably of brass; two thinest lines, aluminum colored and probably of aluminum; one red plastic protective cap, loose, attached to main assembly with adhesive tape; dessicant in small brown paper bags underneath each nozzle protective cap.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5 1/2 in. tall x 23 3/4 in. long x 18 1/2 in. wide, 26 lb. (13.97 x 60.33 x 46.99cm, 11.8kg)
- Other (each nozzle): 3 1/4 in. outside diamter x 5/8 in. thick (8.26 x 1.59cm)
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Air and Space Museum Collection
- National Air and Space Museum
- Record ID
- nasm_A19700336000
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/nv9cc3e4389-fdcc-498b-b6fb-305da3e072b1
