Head to head

Falcon 9 vs Titan IIIC

Two vehicles in the same payload class. Every figure below comes from the same two sources for both rockets, and a row appears only when both publish the input.

Payload to low Earth orbit

Relative

Falcon 9: 22,800 kg

Titan IIIC: 13,100 kg

Side by side

9 comparable figures

The highlighted value wins the row. Rows where neither direction is better, like length or stage count, highlight nothing.

Metric	Falcon 9	Titan IIIC
Flights flown	697	36
Success rate	99.4%	94.4%
Payload to LEO (kg)	22,800	13,100
Payload to GTO (kg)	8,300	3,000
Liftoff thrust (kN)	7,607	10,586
Length (m)	70	42
Diameter (m)	3.65	3
Launch mass (t)	549	626
Stages	2	3

Falcon 9

Flight record

99.4% success rate693 of 697 flown · 4 failed

2010peak 2025 · 165 flights2026

Maiden flight 2018-05-11. Still flying.

Titan IIIC

Flight record

94.4% success rate34 of 36 flown · 2 failed

1965peak 1965 · 3 flights1982

Maiden flight 1965-06-18. Retired.

Falcon 9 is built by SpaceX of the United States (company profile on Space Index).Titan IIIC is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Falcon 9 · Titan IIIC.

Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.