ROGER'S ONLINE SCALE DATA FILE: TITAN IV

Version 1.00
7 February 1998

Herein are some of the World Wide Web addresses for online information on the Titan IV space launch vehicle. These addresses were obtained by entering certain keywords and phrases into a number of online search engines, then tracking down the results. This listing might be updated at irregular intervals in the future. Comments, additions, subtractions, and corrections are welcome. Please address or copy them to me at: roger70129@aol.com (Roger E. Moore). This listing was made mostly for my own amusement, but it may have use for others in the rocketry community looking for scale data for their projects.
It is strongly suggested that Peter Alway's comprehensive "Rockets of the World" (second edition) be consulted for basic data on the Titan IV (see pages 272-273). World Wide Web data can be used to supplement this basic information, particularly regarding the Titan IVB, but gaining sufficient data from the Internet alone to build a sport-scale rocket might well be possible. Peter Alway's book may be obtained on the Internet at: http://members.aol.com/satrnpress/saturn.htm
Thank you, and please enjoy!

INTERNET SEARCH ENGINES

AltaVista
http://www.altavista.digital.com/
Comments: A favorite of mine; available on Yahoo (see below). An advanced search system can be used.

Excite
http://www.excite.com/
Comments: Another good one, available on America Online. An advanced search system ("Power Search") can be used.

HotBot
http://www.hotbot.com/
Comments: Relatively new and very promising. I've gotten good results with this. Lots of options for narrowing or expanding a search are given.

Infoseek
http://www.infoseek.com/
Comments: This search engine is fair, but may produce interesting results. An advanced search system can be used. This can search for URLs.
Lycos
http://www.lycos.com/
Comments: Fair results.
MetaCrawler
http://metacrawler.cs.washington.edu/
Comments: Fair results.
Northern Light
http://www.nlsearch.com/
Comments: A new and very exciting search engine with a special collection of files available only to subscribers or for a small fee (a few dollars). Files located by each search are also organized into customized folders. It is worth trying out, but it does not support Boolean searches right now (though it will later). I got some excellent results with this.
Webcrawler
http://webcrawler.com/
Comments: Fair results.
Yahoo! Science
http://www.yahoo.com/science/
Comments: An excellent search engine with connections to AltaVista.

TITAN IV KEYWORDS/PHRASES

Note: Many of these keywords would be marked (usually with a plus sign: +) so searches would retrieve only articles having them (e.g., "titan", "titan ivb", "martin", or "cassini"). Boolean searches are especially helpful. Searched-for phrases are usually contained within quotes. Lower-case letters were always used to avoid excluding mention of all-capitalized or oddly-capitalized words. Some word combinations and phrases were chosen because they tended to appear is part of web addresses having to do with the Titan IV (e.g., "titan_iv"). Keywords might represent manufacturers, military groups assigned to launch Titan IVs, the launching sites, or specific payloads carried (with the office overseeing the payload).
Keywords: titan iv 4 "titan iv" titan-iv "titan 4" titan-4 titan4 titaniv titan_iv titan_4 iva ivb iv-a iv-b IV IVA IVB IV-A IV-B 4a 4b "iv a" "iv b" "IV A" "IV B" lockheed-martin lockheed martin marietta martin-marietta astronautics aerojet alliant nasa usaf u.s.a.f "air force" spacecom "space command" spacelift rocket booster boosters engine space launch launches launched launcher launchers vehicle vehicles payload satellite satellites spacecraft solid expendable motors engines upgrade srm srmu liquid core ccas canaveral 40 41 complex ksc kennedy vafb vandenberg "heavy lift" system systems operations diameter length height "fact sheet" specifications mission first second upper stage stages ius centaur fairing configuration configurations program programs geosynchronous orbit "mars observer" cassini saturn dsp lacrosse milstar classified nro "national reconnaissance office" department defense dod military spy unmanned 4th 5th sls squadron 30th "space wing"
Some words were deliberately excluded from searches, if the search engine allowed this, by marking them with negative signs (-) or other symbols. These were words found to be associated with products or companies having the word "titan" in them, but having no relationship to the launch vehicle. It was impossible to remove references to the giant satellite of Saturn named Titan, as the Cassini mission was directed in part toward this world.
Excluded words: rcsystems mainboards

ONLINE REFERENCES
Aerojet

http://www.aerojet.com/Product_Sectors/propulsn_titan_iv.html
http://www.aerojet.com/Product_Sectors/products.htm
Comments: Aerojet, maker of the first- and second-stage liquid-fuel core engines of the Titan IV, details the engines' performance characteristics at this site in the Strategic Space and Propulsion section. Details on other space launch vehicles whose parts are built by Aerojet can be accessed as well (b).
Aerospace Corporation

http://www.aero.org/
http://www.aero.org/search.html
http://www.aero.org/activities/
http://www.aero.org/activities/launch-veh.html

Comments: The Aerospace Corporation has a color launch photo of a Titan IV on its initial web page (1). A search engine (2) can check the entire site for information on this launch vehicle (current news, publications, activities, etc.). The web page on technical activities (3) offers jumps to numerous launch vehicles and satellites that the Aerospace Corporation has worked on. Going to the launch vehicles page (4) offers a variety of photos, including a color night launch photo of a Titan IV.
Air Force Association

http://www.afa.org/magazine/space/96space/28.html
http://www.afa.org/magazine/space/t-16.html
http://www.afa.org/magazine/space/96space/t-16.html

Comments: The AFA has a Space Almanac page (1) with many jumps, some detailing current launch vehicles and satellites among a wealth of other data. Two pages list all current U.S. space launch vehicles (2, 3).
Air Force Link -- USAF

http://www.af.mil/news/indexpages/fs_index.html
http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Titan_IV.html
http://www.af.mil/news/factsheets/Defense_Support_Program_Satel.html
http://www.af.mil/search/

Comments: A list of fact sheets for many launch vehicles and payloads from the USAF is available (1). The Titan IV fact sheet (2) gives an overview of the vehicle and its uses; this is USAF Fact Sheet 92-53. A common payload of the Titan IV is the DSP satellite, with its own fact sheet (3); other Titan IV payloads are described. Files of fact sheets, news, and photos may be searched for data on the Titan IV using the search engine (4), which has an advanced search system as well.
Air Force Reserve -- USAF

http://134.205.96.217/reo/SpaceOps/SpaceInventory.htm
http://134.205.96.217/reo/SpaceOps/titan4.htm
Comments: The Space Inventory page here (1) has links to a number of USAF launch vehicles and payloads, including material relevant to the Titan IV. The Titan IV fact sheet has a color night pad photo and a general description of the booster. Links exist to four Titan IV photos (three of them launches).
Air University Home Page, Maxwell AFB, Alabama -- USAF

http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/projects/ay1996/acsc/ 96-004/hardware/docs/titaniv.htm
http://www.au.af.mil/au/database/projects/ay1996/acsc/ 96-004/hardware/docs/space.htm
Comments: The fact sheet on the Titan IV here (a) is short but helpful, with dimensions; a small color launch photo is provided. See the Air University's Space webpage (b) for an index to data on many other launch vehicles used by the USAF.
Alliant Techsystems

http://www.atk.com/releases/default.htm
Comments: Alliant Techsystems' Aerospace Systems Group manufactures the huge SRMs (solid rocket motors) on the Titan IV. News releases are listed by month and year, but a search engine included here can be used to check for news on certain topics at this website. Input "titan" and "iv" (or something similar like "ivb" or "cassini") to get a list of news releases about the Titan IV, some of which contain dimensional data (e.g., find the news release for the first Titan IVB launch, 2/23/97).
Aviation Week & Space Technology magazine

http://www-db.awgnet.com/gallery/
http://www.awgnet.com/search.htm
Comments: The AW&ST main search engine (2) is currently inoperative, but the Gallery (1) has its own search engine for finding color photos of the Titan IV.
Department of Defense -- Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Space, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Technology

http://www.acq.osd.mil/space/
http://www.acq.osd.mil/space/programs/execsum/titan.html

Comments: The home page (1) for the DUSD (Space) has a color day launch photo of a Titan IV. Also available is an Executive Overview for FY 1998-2003 on the Department of Defense Space Program (2), with a color Titan IV photo and DoD data. (This is copied at the Federation of American Scientists site.)
Department of Defense -- Office of the Director, Operational Test & Evaluation

http://www.dote.osd.mil/reports/FY95/titanIV.html
Comments: Here is a two-page evaluation with color launch photo of the Titan IV military program (1), taken from a FY 1995 annual report. A copy of this report also appears at the Clark Net Business website, at: http://vwww.clark.net/fas/spp/military/program/launch/titan_ote.htm
Encyclopedia Astronautica -- personal website by Mark Wade

http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/lvfam/titan.htm
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/lvs/titan4.htm
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/lvs/titan4b.htm
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/lvchrono/titan4.htm
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/lvchrono/titan4b.htm
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/stages/titan41.htm
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/stages/titan42.htm
http://solar.rtd.utk.edu/~mwade/graphics/titan404.jpg
Comments: The Encyclopedia Astronautica has gained considerable fame and attention online for its attention to detail. A history and description of the vehicles in the Titan family (1) is given with a nice line drawing showing Titan genealogy. The Titan 4A and 4B are described with dimensions, performance data, a large line drawing each (2, 3), and launch chronologies (4, 5) are provided for both. The two core stages of the Titan IV are briefly detailed as well (6, 7). One color photo (8) appears.
Federation of American Scientists

http://www.fas.org/search.html
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/launch/titan.htm
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/launch/titan_f.htm
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/launch/t4table.htm
http://www.fas.org/spp/military/program/sp97/titan.html
Comments: The FAS website has a section on Space Policy, with information on civilian and military launch vehicles. A search engine (1) for this website exists. A very large amount data on Titan family vehicles is available in a single multipage file (2) with much coverage of the Titan IV (4, here), including a photo, drawings, and data on various Titan IV types. This file has links to other websites with information on Titan launch vehicles and hard-copy references. Also available are files on Titan IV assembly and launch facilities (3), a launch history and future launch schedule table (4) with many jumps to pages on Titan IV satellite payloads, and an "Executive Overview" of the Titan IV program (5), duplicated from the DUSD (Space) site.
Florida Today Online

http://www.flatoday.com/search/
http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/special/cassini.htm
http://www.flatoday.com/space/explore/special/cassinit.htm
http://www.flatoday.com/space/next/
http://www.flatoday.com/space/next/sked.htm
Comments: Florida Today Online has a massive amount of information on the American space program. Parts of this website are under construction (including, sadly, the section on the Titan launch vehicle), but the search engine (1) is very useful nonetheless in tracking down Titan IV news articles. (Search hint: Capitalize Roman numerals, such as "IV" or "IVB", as the search engine does not accept lower-case Roman numerals.) A section on the Cassini mission is included (2), with an all-text version (3). A launch schedule for the immediate future is given (4), which may have Titan IV data; however, the long-range launch schedule (4) is almost certain to have Titan IV information.
Gunter's Space Page -- personal website by Gunter Dirk Krebs

http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~gkrebs/space/space.html
http://www.rz.uni-frankfurt.de/~gkrebs/space/doc_lau/ titan-4.html

Comments: Another remarkable and detailed personal website on space travel (1), this site has many details on various launch vehicles, accessible by clicking on "Launcher". The "Titan-4" fact sheet (2) has five color launch and pad photos of various Titan IV missions: 403A/USAF, 402A/USAF (DSP 14), 402B/USAF (DSP 18), 401A-Centaur G/USAF (Milstar 11), 401B-Centaur G/NASA (Cassini). The same page also has a list of versions of the Titan IV with their differences (stages and SRMs) and a launch chronology of Titan IVs, types A and B.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California -- NASA

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cassini/
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/cassini/Spacecraft/ launch_vehicle.html
http://www-a.jpl.nasa.gov/--

Comments: Much information on the Cassini mission to Saturn, lofted by a Titan IVB/Centaur from CCAS in 1997, is given here (1), with links for additional information. The Titan IVB has its own webpage (2), with two small color pictures (pad photo, launch painting) and a generalized line drawing with dimensions. An alternate start to the above addresses exists (3).
Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California -- New Products Development Group

http://newproducts.jpl.nasa.gov/calendar/titan.html

Comment: Brief calendar note about 4/24/96 Titan IV/Centaur launch from CCAS with DoD payload. Jonathan's Space Home Page --personal website by Jonathan McDowell

http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/space.html
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/jsr/jsr.html
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/book/lv.html
http://hea-www.harvard.edu/QEDT/jcm/space/book/lv/type.html

Comments: This is a superb resource (1) with an enormous file of online photos. Copies of "Jonathan's Space Report" (2) may have Titan IV data if a launch is currently scheduled; a jump to an annual launch log is included. The huge Space Launch Photo Archive (3, 4) allows searching by vehicle type; nine Titan IV photos are present.
Kennedy Space Center, Florida -- NASA

http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/search/htdig/
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/nasafact/elvchron.htm
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/cassini/
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/cassini/video.html
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/cassini/images/ images.html
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/vidpicp.htm
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/TITAN/mars1.jpg
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/TITAN/mars2.jpg
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/TITAN/mars3.jpg
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/payload/missions/cassini/movies/ movies.html
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/
http://www.ksc.nasa.gov/elv/TITAN/titan.htm
Comments: The webpage for ELVs (expendable launch vehicles) is under construction (11), including webpages on Titan launch vehicles (12), but this excellent website may be checked for Titan IV information and news using an included search engine (1). Most Titan IV news items here concern the Cassini launch of 1997, and they may be located with the keyword "titan." A chronology of expendable launch vehicles (ELVs) sent aloft since 1990 for NASA is also given (2), but only one entry is about a Titan IV (9/25/92, failed Mars Observer mission). Color photos of the Cassini mission (including Titan IVB launch vehicle) are available in several places: Cassini Processing -- KSC Video Feeds (3, 4 -- same) and Cassini KSC Electronic Photo File (5). The last address (6) has 47 photos of the Cassini mission, including the launch. Some other Titan IV color photos are available (7), but these misidentify the vehicle for the failed Mars Observer mission as a Titan III (8, 9, 10). Six Titan IV-Cassini movies are available as well (11).
Kennedy Space Center, Florida --Newsroom Photograph Archives, Public Affairs Office, NASA
http://www-pao.ksc.nasa.gov/kscpao/captions/subjects/titaniv
Comments: About a dozen color Titan IV photos from the Cassini mission launch are listed here for viewing.
Launchspace.com

http://www.launchspace.com/ref/home.html
http://www.launchspace.com/ref/msl/home.html

Comments: Launchspace has a Launch Forecast and Launch Log, showing launches about one month ahead and past from the current date, respectively. Titan IV launches might be mentioned here. Mike's Spacecraft Library (2) can be searched for certain Titan IV payloads.
Lockheed-Martin Astronautics

http://www.ast.lmco.com/
http://www.ast.lmco.com/Astro/launch/home.html
http://www.ast.lmco.com/Astro/photos/TitanIV_full.gif
http://www.ast.lmco.com/Astro/products/spaceLaunch/home.html
http://www.ast.lmco.com/Astro/products/spaceLaunch/TitanIV.html
http://www.ast.lmco.com/Astro/press/home.html
Comments: The main page to Lockheed-Martin Astronautics (1) often has news releases on recent Titan IV launches. The launch schedule is supposed to show upcoming Titan IV and other missions (2), but as of this date still shows the completed 1997 schedule. A large ..gif color launch photo (3) is offered in the Photos section. Specifications for the Titan IV and other Titan-family launch vehicles appear in the Products section, with color pictures (4). The Titan IV has its own page (5) with considerable information on dimensions, performance, upgrades, history, and use. Press Releases (6) have to be searched year-by-year for particular information on Titan IV missions, but the headlines are very helpful here for searches.
Los Angeles Air Force Base, California -- Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), USAF

http://www.laafb.af.mil/
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/organizations.shtml
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/cltpage.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/clthist.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/cltspec.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/cltplf.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/cltcent.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/cltius.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/cltnus.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/cltcore.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/cltlre.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/CL/cltsrm.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/PA/pa-page.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/PA/Fact_Sheets/facts.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/PA/Fact_Sheets/ttn4_fs.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/PA/Fact_Sheets/ttn4bfs.htm
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/PA/Releases/
http://www.laafb.af.mil/SMC/PA/Astro_News/
Comments: This site is rich with Titan IV information. For a search of this database, start at the home page (1) and click on "Information Locater". The search engine that appears next offers many entries for "titan" on this site.
Various organizations under the SMC heading are listed (2), including launch programs and satellite groups. The Launch Programs Directorate home page (3) for the Space and Missile Systems Center leads to information on a number of launch vehicles. The CLT Titan Systems Division is of interest here (4), which has links to data on NASA Cassini mission to Saturn, the history of the Titan family of launch vehicles (5), and Titan IV specifications (6). From the specifications page ("Titan IV launch Vehicle"), one can examine pages on the following: the payload fairing (7); Centaur upper stage configuration (8); inertial upper stage, or IUS configuration (9); no upper stage, or NUS configuration (10); the core vehicle (11); the liquid rocket engine (12); or the solid rocket motor (13).
The home page for the Public Affairs group has links to much information (14). Fact sheets on various USAF launch vehicles and satellites are available through a webpage under SMC Public Affairs (15). The fact sheets for the Titan IV (16) and Titan IVB (17) have dimensions and performance data. The news releases (18) and "Astro News" section (19) can be checked for current and archived information, though it is better to rely on the search engine ("Information Locater," above).
Los Angeles Air Force Base, California -- Space Operations Branch (XRTS),
Concept Development and Technical Planning Division (XRT),
Directorate of Developmental Planning (XR), USAF

http://www.afbmd.laafb.af.mil/xrt/xrts/spclft/lvaf.htm
http://www.afbmd.laafb.af.mil/xrt/xrts/spclft/lvafcap.htm
http://www.afbmd.laafb.af.mil/xrt/xrts/spclft/upgrd.htm
Comments: Details are given here on "Air Force Architecture," the categorization of launch vehicles, upper stages, and launch ranges (1); Titan IV data appears with Atlas and Delta II data. The spacelift capabilities for the above vehicles has dimensions and performance data (2), and launch vehicle fleet upgrades are given (3).
Military Open Source Encyclopedia, OneStep Internet Services

http://www.milnet.com/milnet/pentagon/launchv/titiv/
http://www.milnet.com/milnet/pentagon/launchv/titiv/titiv.htm
http://www.milnet.com/milnet/pentagon/launchv/titiv/titivg.htm
http://www.milnet.com/milnet/pentagon/launchv/titiv/tit4drw.gif
Comments: This unusual website provides real-world unclassified or declassified military information for fiction writers. The index to Titan IV data here (1) has over a dozen links, most to .jpg or .gif pictures. The Titan IV fact sheet (2) has a color day launch photo, a color factory photo, and a small line drawing connected to a large .gif file. A gray-scale version of the Titan IV fact sheet is provided (3). The .gif file (4) is a 45K file of a Titan IV drawing that requires a sheet of 8.5" x 14" paper to print out fully. The materials on this website load very slowly and have numerous misspellings, but they are useful.
Next Generation Space Telescope, Goddard Space Flight Center, Maryland -- NASA

http://ngst.gsfc.nasa.gov/project/launchers/
http://ngst.gsfc.nasa.gov/project/launchers/titan/titanIV.html
http://ngst.gsfc.nasa.gov/search
Comments: The Next Generation Space Telescope website has a Launcher Reference Web Page for many potential launch vehicles (1), one of which is for the Titan IVB/Centaur (2). An illustration and details on payload capability (including some dimensions) are included. A search engine for the site is present (3).

Patrick Air Force Base, Florida -- USAF

a. http://www.pafb.af.mil/facts/fact.htm
b. http://www.pafb.af.mil/facts/titafact.htm
c. http:/www.pafb.af.mil/launches/mainlnch.htm
d. http://www.pafb.af.mil/titan.htm
e. http://www.pafb.af.mil/facts/40-41.htm
f. http://www.pafb.af.mil/45OG/5sls/40-41.htm
g. http://www.pafb.af.mil/45OG/5sls/5THLAUNCH.HTM
Comments: Parts of this website are under construction. The Fact Sheet Index (1) is a good place to start, leading one to Titan IV (and other launch vehicle) data fairly quickly (2). The Titan IV fact sheet has a color day launch photo, dimensions, and performance data. Look for fact sheets on typical Titan IV payloads (e.g., Milstar, DSP). Also present is a Launch Schedule main page (3) and a Titan IV launch schedule (4). Notes on and a photo of the Titan IV launch facilities at the Cape (5) are here, repeated with a new background at the webpage from the 45th Operations Group of Cape Canaveral (6). The military group the actually launches Titan IVs has its own webpage (7).
Rocket Page -- personal website by Kenneth A. Miller

http://roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~kamiller/rockets/
http://roger.ecn.purdue.edu/~kamiller/rockets/titan4.html
Comments: This small website (1) has jumps to Atlas and Titan information. Included is a scanned-in two-page brochure about the Titan IV from Martin-Marietta, with two color photos. The text is difficult to read.
(The) Satellite Encyclopedia, Tele-Satellite International (TSI), Munich, Germany

http://www.tele-satellit.com/tse/
http://www.tele-satellit.com/tse/online/
http://www.tele-satellit.com/tse/online/thema_lanceur.html
http://www.tele-satellit.com/tse/online/lanc_titan_4.html
http://www.tele-satellit.com/cgi-bin/local_search
Comments: The Satellite Encyclopedia (1) is a huge hypertext document describing many hundreds of unmanned spacecraft, updated at regular intervals; an online version is available (2). Many launch vehicles of the world are also listed here (3). The Titan IV (here, Titan 4) is described by Gunter Krebs (see website), and the fact sheet (4) includes a description of Titan IV types and launches from 1989-1997. The search engine (5) is helpful.
Small Business Administration Online, Department of Defense IGnet pages

http://www.sbaonline.sba.gov/ignet/internal/dod/94/dod94089.html
Comments: This is a short report from the Office of the Inspector General for Auditing on the USAF's plan to obtain Titan IV vehicles and parts for FY 1995.
"Space Handbook: A War Fighter's Guide to Space" -- on personal website for John Young, Architect

http://www.jya.com/sh/shall.htm
http://www.jya.com/sh/sh4.htm
http://www.jya.com/sh/sh25.jpg
Comments: The Space Handbook (1) is a long and intriguing document written by an officer at the Air Force's Air University covering the military uses of space, with an emphasis on the value of space reconnaissance during the Persian Gulf War. Chapter 4, "Spacelift" (2), contains information on the Titan IV and many other launch vehicles. A B&W day launch photo is included (3), with other charts, diagrams, and references. This curious website contains many unclassified or declassified military documents related to espionage, cryptography, counterterrorism, and esoteric topics like UFOs; one could browse here for hours and never lose interest. If you want to browse on your way in, enter through the "test pattern" at: http://jya.com and head for "Architome," then scroll down to the entry for May 4, 1997 for the "Space Handbook."
Students for the Exploration and Development of Space, University of Arizona

http://www.seds.org/
http://www.seds.org/pub/images/launcher/.html/00Index-1.html
http://www.seds.org/spaceviews/cassini/
Comments: The home page (1) has a search engine that is useful for gaining Titan data from this site. From the home page, you can also go to the Space Images Archive page (2); click on the "down" button at the bottom of the page to move to the next page. Some Titan IV images are available here under "launchers." A special page is available on the Cassini mission, with jumps to other related pages, but it primarily concerns the controversy over the radioactive material aboard the spacecraft.
UGA Aviation Online, Computer City (Netherlands)

http://www.compcity.nl/uga/news/67.txt
Comments: A text-only, one-page article (1) on the Titan IV launch of 11/7/97 (3rd in 23 days) appears, with comments on previous Titan IV missions of 1997 and some historical data.
United States Space Command -- USAF

http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace/index.htm
http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspace/usspace.htm
http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspacecom/fblaunch.htm
http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspacecom/milstar1.htm
http://www.spacecom.af.mil/usspacecom/14af.htm
http://www.spacecom.af.mil/HQAFSPC/index.htm
Comments: The home page for the Space Command (1) has jumps to facts sheets, organizations, and a search engine (2). Brief details on various USAF space launch vehicles have their own web page (3), with a color day pad photo of a Titan IV. Details on Milstar satellites, sent aloft by the Titan IV, also have a webpage (4), as does the 14th Air Force, which oversees Titan IV launchings.
United States Space Command -- 30th Space Wing, 4th Space Launch Squadron, Vandenberg AFB, California, USAF

http://www.30sw.vafb.af.mil/orgs/opsgrp/4SLS/FACTS/TITANIV.HTM
Comments: Dimensions, performance data, and history on the Titan IV are offered, with a line drawing of a Titan IV (1).
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Copyright 1998 by Roger E. Moore, NAR #70129

Copyright 1997, 1998 by John Duncan
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