Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Attitude Control, Pitch, for Titan 3E Launch Vehicle
Single cylindrical, tan phenolic chamber, with tapering to smaller diameter central part of cylinder. and further tapering to rounded end; with propellant inlets, associated fittings and lines at end; the whole, in a mount in middlle, probably of coated aluminum; black rubber nozzle protective cap secured by metal strap with tightening screws; propellant inlets, two, steel, projecting in "A" pattern, at bottom of chamber, and two electrical wires with black plastic insulation, projecting from bulbous clear plastic leads from inlets; two plastic protective caps ["caplugs"], one red, the other yellow, over two electrical plug faces on the mount, these plugs serving as the ends of the two electrical wires and known as the "Harness Assembly."
Created by
Benjamin G. Sullivan
Date Created
03/28/2013
Source
Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum
Keywords
Engines; Launch Vehicles; Rockets; Space
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