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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: Titan 4
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Date: 22 Jun 89 11:51:06 GMT
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From: henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer)
>What kind of specs does the Titan 4 have, and what are those of others
>such as the Saturn V, the MX, and the larger soviet rockets/missiles?

Are you after space launchers or missiles?  Despite some historical
relationships, the two classes are almost entirely different vehicles
these days.  The Titan 4 is a very new spacelauncher; its capabilities
depend to some extent on what upper stage one specifies, but 20 tons
to low orbit is a reasonable number.  The Saturn V no longer exists, but
was capable of 150-200 tons to low orbit.  The MX is a missile.  There
are quite a few Soviet missiles.  The biggest Soviet space launcher is
Energia, capable of perhaps 100 tons to low orbit now and probably as
much as 200 with a bit of stretching.

                                     Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
                                 uunet!attcan!utzoo!henry henry@zoo.toronto.edu