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These are the "missing" Titan IV stages from CVEL Titans 1.35/1.36. Here, they come from Velcro Rockets (required), so this works in Orbiter 2010P1.
The Centaur G is a bit more appropriate as an upper stage for the Titan IV than the Centaur D, which was only used in the Titan IIIE. WARNING: The
Centaur G is VERY heavy. The Titan second stage and Centaur itself have very poor accelerations. As a result, the autopilot will not be able to reach
orbital velocity before the stack re-enters, even though there is PLENTY of energy...eventually. You can use the autopilot until the solid boosters burn
out, and it pitches the first stage down to horizontal. Shut off the autopilot and pitch "up" (i.e. away from the earth) to about 30 degrees.
Hold this attitude until the stage burns out. The apogee will be high but you need the extra time. You can turn autopilot back on for the second stage.
Centaur doesn't start itself; you'll have to take control of it on your own when the time comes.
The IUS is a stage of two stages and was also used with the Titan. Stage 1 will get a 2000+ kg payload from LEO to GTO. Stage 2 will be for apogee kick
with extra energy left over for a simultaneous plane change. Or, both can fire in succession in LEO to get to near escape velocity. Be careful, as these
are solid stages, once they ignite, they burn until the fuel is exhausted!
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System Sol
Date MJD 51982.6167479746
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Ship 1-TitanIVA
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BEGIN_CAMERA
TARGET 1-TitanIVA
MODE Extern
POS 2.89 -0.51 -82.42
TRACKMODE TargetRelative
FOV 50.00
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BEGIN_HUD
TYPE Surface
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BEGIN_MFD Left
TYPE Surface
END_MFD
BEGIN_MFD Right
TYPE Orbit
PROJ Ship
REF Earth
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BEGIN_SHIPS
1-TitanIVB_CentaurG:CVELTitanIVB
STATUS Landed Earth
BASE Cape Canaveral:3
HEADING 0.00
TGT_HEADING 90.0
FUEL 1.000
CONFIGURATION 0
SECOND STAGE 1
UPPER STAGE 0
AUTO LEO 1
SHIFTFOCUS 1
PADBIAS 0.0
FAIRING 612
;FAIRING 0
FAIRLOC -1.0
PAYLOAD Skirt TenFtInterstage TenFtInterstage 0 0 -3.8 626 0 1
STAGE CentaurG Velcro/CentaurG Velcro/CentaurG 0 0 5.375 23880 0 1
PAYLOAD probe1 probe probe 0 0 5.7 3300 0 1
ENDSTAGE
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2-TitanIV_IUS:CVELTitanIV
STATUS Landed Earth
BASE Cape Canaveral:4
HEADING 0.00
TGT_HEADING 90.0
FUEL 1.000
CONFIGURATION 0
SECOND STAGE 1
UPPER STAGE 0
AUTO LEO 1
SHIFTFOCUS 1
PADBIAS 0.0
FAIRING 611
;FAIRING 0
FAIRLOC -1.0
PAYLOAD Interstage2 TenFtInterstage TenFtInterstage 0 0 -3.8 626 0 1
STAGE IUS-1 Velcro/IUS_Stg1 Velcro/IUS_Stg1 0 0 -2.65 10841 0 1
STAGE IUS-2 Velcro/IUS_Stg2 Velcro/IUS_Stg2 0 0 -0.812 3919 0 1
PAYLOAD probe3 probe probe 0 0 1.05 2200 0 1
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is the standard payload for most Velcro launch scenarios.
