🚀Launchpad

Titan IIIC

Lockheed Martin

Hersteller
Lockheed Martin
Familie
Titan, Titan III
Erstflug
1965-06-18
Länge
42 m
Durchmesser
3 m
Nutzlast LEO
13.100 kg
Nutzlast GTO
3.000 kg
Starts
36
Erfolgreich
34

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.