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ttn_v_bw_o_n (official USAF photo, PL-65-66400/9716595-516, 7-14-65)

"View of the movement of T-3 from SMAB to Pad 40."

 

Most likely Titan vehicle 3C-4, launched October 15, 1965, with its payload of Lincoln Calibration Sphere 2 (LCS-2)

space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/lcs-1.htm

and Orbiting Vehicle 2-1 (OV-2-1).

space.skyrocket.de/doc_sdat/ov2.htm

Both satellites were destroyed when the Transtage upper stage of the 3C-4 launch vehicle exploded in low earth orbit, due to an oxidizer tank leak.

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Uploaded on October 11, 2018