Titan family
Titan III
Flights flown7
Success rate85.7%6/7
Payload to LEO15,400kg
Maiden flight1974-02-11
Peak year19742 flights
Titan III is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States. Company background, funding, contracts and news for this operator are tracked on Space Index. It first flew on 11 February 1974 and last flew on 5 September 1977.
Flight record
85.7% success rate6 of 7 flown · 1 failed
1974peak 1974 · 2 flights1977
First flight1974-02-11
Latest flight1977-09-05
Failures1
Consecutive successes6
Fastest turnaround15d 22h
Payload
| Low Earth orbit | 15,400kg |
|---|
Vehicle
| Stages | 4 |
|---|---|
| Length | 48.8m |
| Diameter | 3.05m |
| Launch mass | 632t |
| Liftoff thrust | 12,991kN |
| Maiden flight | 1974-02-11 |
| Reusable | No |
Pads used
Orbits delivered
Heliocentric N/A4Solar Escape Trajectory2High Earth Orbit1
Launch history
| Date | Mission | Pad | Orbit | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977-09-05 | Titan IIIE | Voyager 1 | Space Launch Complex 41 | Solar Escape Trajectory | Success |
| 1977-08-20 | Titan IIIE | Voyager 2 | Space Launch Complex 41 | Solar Escape Trajectory | Success |
| 1976-01-15 | Titan IIIE | Helios-B | Space Launch Complex 41 | Heliocentric N/A | Success |
| 1975-09-09 | Titan IIIE | Viking 2 | Space Launch Complex 41 | Heliocentric N/A | Success |
| 1975-08-20 | Titan IIIE | Viking 1 | Space Launch Complex 41 | Heliocentric N/A | Success |
| 1974-12-10 | Titan IIIE | Helios-A | Space Launch Complex 41 | Heliocentric N/A | Success |
| 1974-02-11 | Titan IIIE | Sphinx (Titan IIIE Maiden Flight) | Space Launch Complex 41 | High Earth Orbit | Failure |
Specifications from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs, launch records from Space Index. Derived figures are computed here; see sources and method.
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