Spaceflight Now | Titan Launch Report | Previous Titan 2 SLV flights

Previous Titan 2 SLV flights
SPACEFLIGHT NOW
Posted: October 10, 2003

No. Date Mission Payload

1 Sept. 5, 1988 G-1 Classified

2 Sept. 5, 1989 G-2 Classified

3 April 25, 1992 G-3 Classified

4 Oct. 5, 1993 G-5 Landsat 6

5 Jan. 25, 1994 G-11 Clementine

6 April 7, 1997 G-6 DMSP F14

7 May 13, 1998 G-12 NOAA K

8 June 19, 1999 G-7 QuikSCAT

9 Dec. 12, 1999 G-8 DMSP F15

10 Sept. 21, 2000 G-13 NOAA L

11 June 24, 2002 G-14 NOAA M

12 Jan. 6, 2003 G-4 Coriolis

All launches performed from Space Launch Complex 4-West at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California

Flight data file
Vehicle: Titan 2 (G-9)
Payload: DMSP 5D-3-F16
Launch date: Oct. 18, 2003
Launch window: 1617-1627 GMT (12:17-12:27 p.m. EDT)
Launch site: SLC-4W, Vandenberg AFB, California
Satellite broadcast: none

Pre-launch briefing
Mission preview - Our story recapping the saga of the DMSP F16 satellite and the series of problems that have kept it grounded.

Titan 2 finale - Our story looking at the last Titan 2 rocket launch.

Launch timeline - Chart with times and descriptions of events to occur during the launch.

DMSP - General overview of the U.S. military weather satellite program.

Titan 2 - Description of the former ICBM missile converted to a space launch vehicle.

Titan 2 history - Chart with listing of previous Titan 2 SLV flights.

MISSION STATUS CENTER

INDEX | PLUS | NEWS ARCHIVE | LAUNCH SCHEDULE
ASTRONOMY NOW | STORE

ADVERTISE