Head to head

Titan IIIC vs Zenit-2

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

Titan IIIC: 13,100 kg

Zenit-2: 13,740 kg

Side by side

8 comparable figures

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

Metric	Titan IIIC	Zenit-2
Flights flown	36	35
Success rate	94.4%	82.9%
Payload to LEO (kg)	13,100	13,740
Liftoff thrust (kN)	10,586	7,300
Length (m)	42	57
Diameter (m)	3	3.9
Launch mass (t)	626	459
Stages	3	2

Titan IIIC

Flight record

94.4% success rate34 of 36 flown · 2 failed

1965peak 1965 · 3 flights1982

Maiden flight 1965-06-18. Retired.

Zenit-2

Flight record

82.9% success rate29 of 35 flown · 6 failed

1985peak 1987 · 5 flights2004

Maiden flight 1985-04-13. Retired.

Titan IIIC is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States.Zenit-2 is built by Yuzhnoye Design Bureau of Ukraine.

Full specifications and the complete launch history for each: Titan IIIC · Zenit-2.

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