Launch Vehicles
Titan IV
United States
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The largest of the Titan family, an American heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle built for the U.S. Air Force to loft the heaviest national-security payloads, including reconnaissance satellites too large for the Space Shuttle after the Challenger disaster grounded shuttle-launched military payloads.
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Vehicle ClassHeavy-lift expendable launch vehicle 1 ManufacturerMartin Marietta / Lockheed Martin 1 First Flight Date StatusRetired in 2005, the last of the Titan family and the final U.S. launch vehicle directly descended from a ballistic missile. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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