High speed (64 fps) camera view of a Titan engine test on June 17, 1964, here presented at real speed. Sound is reconstructed from a Titan II launch and a water sound suppression system test. The LR-87 engine motors can be seen gimballing.
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Research, editing and processing by Retro Space HD.
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The LR87 was an American liquid-propellant rocket engine used on the first stages of Titan intercontinental ballistic missiles and launch vehicles. Composed of twin motors with separate combustion chambers and turbopump machinery, it is co
...nsidered a single unit. The LR87 first flew in 1959.
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