Titus (rocket)

Titus is the designation of a French sounding rocket which was developed for observation of the total solar eclipse in Argentina on November 12, 1966. The Titus was a two-stage rocket with a length of 11.5 m, a launch weight of 3.4 tons, and a diameter of 56 cm. It reached a maximum height of 270 kilometers. The Titus was launched twice in Las Palmas, Chaco during the eclipse.

External links

http://www.univperp.fr/fuseurop/onera_e.htm
http://web.archive.org/web/20050212233235/http://astronautix.com:80/lvs/titus.htm

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