LGM-25C Titan II

<p>The Titan II was an <a href="/facts/Intercontinental_ballistic_missile/0vKnj2Y7">intercontinental ballistic missile</a> (ICBM) developed by the <a href="/facts/Glenn_L._Martin_Company/RnRRsWQc">Glenn L. Martin Company</a> from the earlier <a href="/facts/HGM-25A_Titan_I/GNwCyjTG">Titan I</a> missile. Titan II was originally designed and used as an ICBM, but was later adapted as a <a href="/facts/Medium-lift_launch_vehicle/lYXwEPwC">medium-lift</a> space <a href="/facts/Launch_vehicle/g1GCGFJB">launch vehicle</a> (these adaptations were designated <a href="/facts/Titan_II_GLV/bLDxz3Hg">Titan II GLV</a> and <a href="/facts/Titan_23G/oBT04DeJ">Titan 23G</a>) to carry payloads to Earth orbit for the <a href="/facts/United_States_Air_Force/7MxWBYlc">United States Air Force</a> (USAF), <a href="/facts/NASA/TIMCV0yV">National Aeronautics and Space Administration</a> (NASA) and <a href="/facts/National_Oceanic_and_Atmospheric_Administration/IvcuqNJg">National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration</a> (NOAA). Those payloads included the USAF <a href="/facts/Defense_Meteorological_Satellite_Program/zsXW89Nl">Defense Meteorological Satellite Program</a> (DMSP), NOAA weather satellites, and NASA's <a href="/facts/Project_Gemini/7PYE3AV4">Gemini</a> crewed space capsules. The modified Titan II SLVs (Space Launch Vehicles) were launched from <a href="/facts/Vandenberg_Air_Force_Base/CHNed3F4">Vandenberg Air Force Base</a>, California, up until 2003.
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LGM-25C Titan II open-in-new

LGM-25C Titan II