Date: 1967
Country of Origin: United States of America
Dimensions:
Overall: 5 1/2 in. tall x 23 3/4 in. long x 18 1/2 in. wide, 26 lb. (13.97 x 60.33 x 46.99cm, 11.8kg)
Other (each nozzle): 3 1/4 in. outside diamter x 5/8 in. thick (8.26 x 1.59cm)
Materials:
Overall, stainless steel; combustion chambers, phenolic; rubber nozzle protective covers for each of three nozzles; steel clamps around protective covers; most of the propellant lines, brass colored, and probably of brass; two thinest lines, aluminum colored and probably of aluminum; one red plastic protective cap, loose, attached to main assembly with adhesive tape; dessicant in small brown paper bags underneath each nozzle protective cap.
This is the Attitude Control and Ullage System module for the Titan III-E transtage. The Titan III-E was a modified Titan missile used to launch deep space probes and satellites into geosynchronous orbits. The Control and Ullage System provided roll and yaw control for the vehicle. The Titan III-E made its first successful launch in 1974. Among the vehicle's most significant missions occurred in August and September 1975 when it launched the Viking 1 and 2 spacecraft to Mars, respectively. This Attitude Control System was transferred from the U.S. Air Force to the Smithsonian Institution in 1970.
Transferred from the U.S. Air Force
