ttn_v_bw_o_n (1965 Martin Co. PR photo, hand annotated 4126-1, first Titan IIIC launch)
“LIFTING FROM A CLOUD OF SMOKE on its successful maiden flight June 18 is the Air Force Titan III-C, mightiest launch vehicle in the world, developing 2.4 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. The flight was spectacular both from the ground and from special high-speed cameras (circle at left) aboard the rocket. Th first stage of the Titan III liquid-fuel core ignites (No. 2) some 21 miles above the Atlantic seconds before the giant 85-foot-long solid rocket motors separated and fall away (No. 3). Silhouetted against the outline of Cape Kennedy (No. 4) a spent solid rocket falls to a splashdown some 135 miles east of the Cape. The photos were taken by one of two 16 millimeter Milliken cameras mounted on the second stage of the core vehicle by Martin Company, The Titan III airframe manufacturer and integrating contractor for systems and launch operations. The cameras shooting at the rate of 200 frames per second, used a 105 degree lens and a 72 degree shutter to give an effective shutter speed of 1/1000 of a second per frame. The f stop was 5.6, and the camera used Eastman Kodak Ektachrome MS film.”
ttn_v_bw_o_n (1965 Martin Co. PR photo, hand annotated 4126-1, first Titan IIIC launch)
“LIFTING FROM A CLOUD OF SMOKE on its successful maiden flight June 18 is the Air Force Titan III-C, mightiest launch vehicle in the world, developing 2.4 million pounds of thrust at liftoff. The flight was spectacular both from the ground and from special high-speed cameras (circle at left) aboard the rocket. Th first stage of the Titan III liquid-fuel core ignites (No. 2) some 21 miles above the Atlantic seconds before the giant 85-foot-long solid rocket motors separated and fall away (No. 3). Silhouetted against the outline of Cape Kennedy (No. 4) a spent solid rocket falls to a splashdown some 135 miles east of the Cape. The photos were taken by one of two 16 millimeter Milliken cameras mounted on the second stage of the core vehicle by Martin Company, The Titan III airframe manufacturer and integrating contractor for systems and launch operations. The cameras shooting at the rate of 200 frames per second, used a 105 degree lens and a 72 degree shutter to give an effective shutter speed of 1/1000 of a second per frame. The f stop was 5.6, and the camera used Eastman Kodak Ektachrome MS film.”