Re: Pima Titan 2003

In article <4crv41dcr1hn6gg5nisv7h23o93pnatqi8@xxxxxxx>,
Rusty <reuben_barton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>It looks like it has been test fired. I wonder if most liquid fueled
>rocket engines on ICBM's were test fired (either before of after being
>installed on the missile). It would seem the Air Force would want to
>make sure it had a good missile before putting it in a silo.

Non-ablative liquid engines are invariably test-fired at the end of
manufacturing -- typically before they're installed -- for several
reasons, not least being performance calibration.

Static firing of complete stages is unusual now, but in Titan I days,
it was common.
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