Titan 401A Centaur | Mercury 16
Launch Failure
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Instantaneous launch window.
Launch Window
Aug. 12, 1998, 11:30 a.m. - Aug. 12, 1998, 11:30 a.m.
Instantaneous launch window.
Aug. 12, 1998, 11:30 a.m. - Aug. 12, 1998, 11:30 a.m.
The Mercury (MC) series, although known to the public as 'Advanced Vortex', are the latest generation of USAF ELINT/SIGINT satellites. They were focussed on communications intelligence (COMINT), focused at strategic level communications, but had the capability added to intercept also missile telemetry. These satellites were launched under the designation Program 7500 and were part of NRO's Program A.
Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.
Lockheed Martin's Space Division started in the production of missiles and later ICBM's in the 1950s. Their TITAN missile system was used for 12 Gemini spacecraft and the Voyager probes. They have worked largely in collaboration with NASA on many of their probes, landers, and spacecraft, and hope to play a key role in NASA's return to the moon in 2024.
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