Titan family
Titan 403A
Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.
Flights flown5
Success rate80%4/5
Payload to LEO17,700kg
Maiden flight1991-03-08
Peak year19912 flights
Titan 403A is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States. It first flew on 8 March 1991 and last flew on 24 October 1997.
Flight record
80% success rate4 of 5 flown · 1 failed
1991peak 1991 · 2 flights1997
First flight1991-03-08
Latest flight1997-10-24
Failures1
Consecutive successes2
Fastest turnaround244d 19h
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 17,700kg |
|---|
Vehicle
| Stages | 2 |
|---|---|
| Length | 54m |
| Diameter | 3.05m |
| Launch mass | 906t |
| Liftoff thrust | 14,200kN |
| Maiden flight | 1991-03-08 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Elliptical Orbit3Low Earth Orbit2
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-10-24 | Titan 403A | Onyx 3 | Space Launch Complex 4E | Low Earth Orbit | Success |
| 1996-05-12 | Titan 403A | SLDCOM 4 | Space Launch Complex 4E | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1993-08-02 | Titan 403A | SLDCOM 3 | Space Launch Complex 4E | Elliptical Orbit | Failure |
| 1991-11-08 | Titan 403A | SLDCOM 2 | Space Launch Complex 4E | Elliptical Orbit | Success |
| 1991-03-08 | Titan 403A | Onyx 2 | Space Launch Complex 4E | Low Earth 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