[unfortunately I totaly missed this historic launch, it wasn't till a
couple hours after the launch occured I remembered to check the status,
and to find out there was a broadcast on Galaxy 3C ARGH!! it was listed
there was going to be no broadcast previously]
Lockheed Release
LOCKHEED MARTIN'S LAST TITAN IV FROM CAPE CANAVERAL SUCCESSFULLY
DELIVERS NATIONAL SECURITY PAYLOAD TO SPACE
End of a Proud Era for Air Force and Lockheed Martin Titan IV Team At
Launch Complex 40
CAPE CANAVERAL Air Force Station, Fla., April 29, 2005 -- The United
States Air Force and Lockheed Martin (LMT:NYSE) wrote the final chapter
in a five-decade history at Cape Canaveral tonight with the final launch
of a Titan IV B heavy-lift rocket carrying a critical national security
payload for the National Reconnaissance Office. The rocket thundered
away from its pad adjacent to the Atlantic Ocean amid the cheers of many
who had gathered to watch the historic mission.
“With our customers, we share a tremendous pride in this successful
flight, tempered only by our sense of sadness as the proud history of
Titan here at Cape Canaveral comes to a close for our team,” said G.
Thomas Marsh, executive vice president of Lockheed Martin Space Systems
Company. “It is always impressive to hear the roar of a Titan IV as it
streaks into space, but this rocket got help in getting off the ground
by the hard work, prayers and wishes of thousands of employees and
retirees whose dedication to mission success is unparalleled.”
Tonight’s launch was the second-to-last launch for the venerable
heavy-lift workhorse Titan IV. The final vehicle will fly from
Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. this summer. In all, 27 Titan IVs
have been launched from CCAFS and 11 from Vandenberg. Titan IV is the
culmination of a long evolution from the original Titan I
intercontinental ballistic missile.
Col. Michael T. Baker, director, Launch Programs, Space and Missile
Systems Center, Air Force Space Command, said, “Titan has performed
honorably by providing us strategic deterrence in the form of the Titan
ICBMs, helping us explore our universe by launching NASA missions like
Cassini, assisting our manned space activities by launching NASA’s
Gemini test flights and supporting our national decision makers and our
warfighters in the field by deploying spacecraft such as the one
launched tonight. The men and women of the Martin Marietta Corporation,
now Lockheed Martin Space Systems, have much to be proud of. The Air
Force is grateful to have been a part of this wonderfully successful
program.”
Titan IV developed into the nation’s heavy-lift workhorse following the
Space Shuttle Challenger tragedy in 1986 when assured access to space
became critical for the U.S. government. Titan IV A was followed by
Titan IV B with a new generation of large solid rocket motors,
state-of-the-art guidance and electronics and a new ground processing
system.
“At each Titan launch, I have always had the feeling I was standing too
close,” said Dennis Fitzgerald, acting director, National Reconnaissance
Office. “We are coming to the end of an era. The men and women of Team
Titan who dedicated their talents and toil to this next-to-last launch
have our heartfelt gratitude for their sacrifices. They also have the
personal satisfaction of knowing their actions were vitally important to
our nation’s security.”
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company built the Titan IVs near Denver,
Colo., under contract to the U.S. government. As prime contractor and
systems integrator, the company built the first and second stages and
provides overall program management and launch services. Other members
of the Titan IV contractor team and their responsibilities include:
GenCorp Aerojet Propulsion Division, Sacramento, Calif., liquid rocket
engines; Alliant Techsystems, Magna, Utah, solid rocket motor upgrade;
The Boeing Company, Huntington Beach, Calif., payload fairing; and
Honeywell Space Systems, Clearwater, Fla., advanced guidance.
Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, headquartered in Denver, Colo.,
is one of the major operating units of Lockheed Martin Corporation.
Space Systems designs, develops, tests, manufactures and operates a
variety of advanced technology systems for military, civil and
commercial customers. Chief products include a full-range of space
launch systems, ground systems, remote sensing and communications
satellites for commercial and government customers, advanced space
observatories and interplanetary spacecraft, fleet ballistic missiles
and missile defense systems.
Headquartered in Bethesda, Md., Lockheed Martin employs about 130,000
people worldwide and is principally engaged in the research, design,
development, manufacture and integration of advanced technology systems,
products and services. The corporation reported 2004 sales of $35.5 billion.
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