Titan IIIC

Titan family · Lockheed Martin · Retired

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.

Specifications

Thrust: 10,586 kN
Height: 42 m
Diameter: 3 m
Launch mass: 626 t
Stages: 3
Launch cost: —
LEO capacity: 13,100 kg
GTO capacity: 3,000 kg
GEO capacity: —
SSO capacity: —

Vehicle specifications from Launch Library; blanks are unpublished figures.

Flight record

Flights

Launches with a definitive outcome

Success rate

94.4%

34 of 36

Current success streak

Landings

0 attempts · 0 droneship / 0 RTLS

Fastest turnaround

—

Between consecutive booster flights

Counted from padside's own launch record — the same basis as the Stats page.