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Article: Aerojet Titan Engines Take Final Flight.
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- October 19, 2005
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50th Anniversary and Final Flight Culminate at California Launch Site
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Oct. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Titan rocket, for 50 years a workhorse space lifter, made its final flight from Vandenberg AFB, Calif. today with Aerojet first- and second-stage liquid rocket engines powering the massive vehicle's liquid propellant core. Aerojet, a GenCorp Inc. company, has produced liquid rocket engines for the entire Titan launcher family: Titan I, Titan II, Titan III and Titan IV, with work spanning the entire 50 years of the Titan program.
Aerojet was awarded its first contract for the Titan program in 1955. The first Titan was a ...