Titan family
Titan 33B
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.
Titan 33B is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States. It first flew on 21 March 1971 and last flew on 21 August 1973.
Flight record
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 3,000kg |
|---|
Vehicle
| Stages | 3 |
|---|---|
| Length | 45m |
| Diameter | 3.05m |
| Launch mass | 185t |
| Liftoff thrust | 2,300kN |
| Maiden flight | 1971-03-21 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973-08-21 | Titan 33B | Jumpseat 3 | Space Launch Complex 4W | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1972-02-16 | Titan 33B | Jumpseat 2 | Space Launch Complex 4W | Elliptical Orbit | Failure |
| 1971-03-21 | Titan 33B | Jumpseat 1 | Space Launch Complex 4W | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
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