Titan family

Titan IIIC

The Titan IIIC was an expendable launch system used by the United States Air Force from 1965 until 1982. It was the first Titan booster to feature large solid rocket motors and was planned to be used as a launcher for the Dyna-Soar, though the spaceplane was cancelled before it could fly. The majority of the launcher's payloads were DoD satellites, for military communications and early warning, though one flight (ATS-6) was performed by NASA. The Titan IIIC was launched exclusively from Cape Canaveral while its sibling, the Titan IIID, was launched only from Vandenberg AFB.

Flights flown36
Success rate94.4%34/36
Payload to LEO13,100kg
Maiden flight1965-06-18
Peak year19653 flights

Titan IIIC is built by Lockheed Martin of the United States. It first flew on 18 June 1965 and last flew on 6 March 1982.

Flight record

36 records
94.4% success rate34 of 36 flown · 2 failed
1965peak 1965 · 3 flights1982
First flight1965-06-18
Latest flight1982-03-06
Failures2
Consecutive successes8
Fastest turnaround50d 14h

Payload

Per mission profile
Low Earth orbit13,100kg
Geostationary transfer orbit3,000kg

Vehicle

IIIC spec
Stages3
Length42m
Diameter3m
Launch mass626t
Liftoff thrust10,586kN
Maiden flight1965-06-18
ReusableNo

Pads used

2 pads

Orbits delivered

5 orbits
Geostationary Orbit19Geosynchronous Orbit7Low Earth Orbit6Medium Earth Orbit3Elliptical Orbit1

Compare

Same payload class

Launch history

36 launches
DateMissionPadOrbitOutcome
1982-03-06Titan IIIC | DSP 10Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1981-10-31Titan IIIC | Vortex 10Space Launch Complex 40Medium Earth OrbitSuccess
1981-03-16Titan IIIC | DSP 9Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1979-11-21Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 13 & 14Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1979-10-01Titan IIIC | Vortex 9Space Launch Complex 40Medium Earth OrbitSuccess
1979-06-10Titan IIIC | DSP 8Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1978-12-14Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 11 & 12Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1978-06-10Titan IIIC | Chalet 8Space Launch Complex 40Medium Earth OrbitSuccess
1978-03-25Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 9 & 10Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitFailure
1977-05-12Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 7 & 8Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1977-02-06Titan IIIC | DSP 7Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1976-06-26Titan IIIC | DSP 6Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1976-03-15Titan IIIC | LES 8, 9 & Solrad 11A, 11BSpace Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1975-12-14Titan IIIC | DSP 5Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1975-05-20Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 5 & 6Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1974-05-30Titan IIIC | ATS 6Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1973-12-13Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 3 & 4Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1973-06-12Titan IIIC | DSP 4Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1972-03-01Titan IIIC | DSP 3Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1971-11-03Titan IIIC | DSCS-2 1 & 2Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1971-05-05Titan IIIC | DSP 2Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1970-11-06Titan IIIC | DSP 1Space Launch Complex 40Geostationary OrbitSuccess
1970-04-08Titan IIIC | Vela 6A & 6BSpace Launch Complex 40Low Earth OrbitSuccess
1969-05-23Titan IIIC | Vela 5A & 5BSpace Launch Complex 41Low Earth OrbitSuccess
1969-02-09Titan IIIC | TACSAT 1Space Launch Complex 41Geosynchronous OrbitSuccess
1968-09-26Titan IIIC | OV2-5Space Launch Complex 41Geosynchronous OrbitSuccess
1968-06-13Titan IIIC | IDCSP 20 to 27Space Launch Complex 41Geosynchronous OrbitSuccess
1967-07-01Titan IIIC | IDCSP 16 to 19Space Launch Complex 41Geosynchronous OrbitSuccess
1967-04-28Titan IIIC | Vela 4A & 4BSpace Launch Complex 41Low Earth OrbitSuccess
1967-01-18Titan IIIC | IDCSP 8 to 15Space Launch Complex 41Geosynchronous OrbitSuccess
1966-11-03Titan IIIC | Gemini BSpace Launch Complex 40Low Earth OrbitSuccess
1966-08-26Titan IIIC | IDCSP 8 to 14Space Launch Complex 41Geosynchronous OrbitFailure
1966-06-16Titan IIIC | IDCSP 1 to 7Space Launch Complex 41Geosynchronous OrbitSuccess
1965-12-21Titan IIIC | OV2-3Space Launch Complex 41Elliptical OrbitSuccess
1965-10-15Titan IIIC | OV2-1Space Launch Complex 40Low Earth OrbitSuccess
1965-06-18Titan IIIC | Transtage 5Space Launch Complex 40Low 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.

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