Titan family

Titan 23B

Titan IIIB was the collective name for a number of derivatives of the Titan II ICBM and Titan III launch vehicle, modified by the addition of an Agena upper stage. It consisted of four separate rockets. The Titan 23B was a basic Titan II with an Agena upper stage, and the Titan 24B was the same concept, but using the slightly enlarged Titan IIIM rocket as the base. The Titan 33B was a Titan 23B with the Agena (which had a smaller diameter than the Titan) enclosed in an enlarged fairing, in order to allow larger payloads to be launched. The final member of the Titan IIIB family was the Titan 34B which was a Titan 24B with the larger fairing used on the Titan 33B.

Flights flown9
Success rate100%9/9
Payload to LEO3,000kg
Maiden flight1969-08-23
Peak year19705 flights

Titan 23B is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States. It first flew on 23 August 1969 and last flew on 22 April 1971.

Flight record

9 records
100% success rate9 of 9 flown
1969peak 1970 · 5 flights1971
First flight1969-08-23
Latest flight1971-04-22
Failures0
Consecutive successes9
Fastest turnaround53d 23h

Payload

Per mission profile
Low Earth orbit3,000kg

Vehicle

23B spec
Stages3
Length45m
Diameter3.05m
Launch mass165t
Liftoff thrust2,300kN
Maiden flight1969-08-23
ReusableNo

Pads used

1 pad

Orbits delivered

1 orbit
Low Earth Orbit9

Launch history

9 launches
DateMissionPadOrbitOutcome
1971-04-22Titan 23B | KH-8 31Space Launch Complex 4WLow Earth OrbitSuccess
1971-01-21Titan 23B | KH-8 30Space Launch Complex 4WLow Earth OrbitSuccess
1970-10-23Titan 23B | KH-8 29Space Launch Complex 4WLow Earth OrbitSuccess
1970-08-18Titan 23B | KH-8 28Space Launch Complex 4WLow Earth OrbitSuccess
1970-06-25Titan 23B | KH-8 27Space Launch Complex 4WLow Earth OrbitSuccess
1970-04-15Titan 23B | KH-8 26Space Launch Complex 4WLow Earth OrbitSuccess
1970-01-14Titan 23B | KH-8 25Space Launch Complex 4WLow Earth OrbitSuccess
1969-10-24Titan 23B | KH-8 24Space Launch Complex 4WLow Earth OrbitSuccess
1969-08-23Titan 23B | KH-8 23Space Launch Complex 4WLow Earth OrbitSuccess

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

Further reading: Wikipedia