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Titan 24B

Retired

Lockheed Martin

Titan IIIB was the collective name for a number of derivatives of the Titan II ICBM and Titan III launch vehicle, modified by the addition of an Agena upper stage. It consisted of four separate rockets. The Titan 23B was a basic Titan II with an Agena upper stage, and the Titan 24B was the same concept, but using the slightly enlarged Titan IIIM rocket as the base. The Titan 33B was a Titan 23B with the Agena (which had a smaller diameter than the Titan) enclosed in an enlarged fairing, in order to allow larger payloads to be launched. The final member of the Titan IIIB family was the Titan 34B which was a Titan 24B with the larger fairing used on the Titan 33B.

Key figures

Total launches
23
Successes
21
Failures
2
Success rate
91.3 %
Success streak
15
Maiden flight
Aug 12, 1971
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval β“˜
41d
Planned launches
0
Titan, Titan III, Titan IIIB family total
46 launches Β· 43 successes Β· 3 failures (4 variants)

🧐 Data check

Automatic plausibility checks β€” anomalies are surfaced transparently here:

  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the β€œTitan 24B” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately β€” the Titan, Titan III, Titan IIIB family totals 46 launches across 4 variants.

Technology

Length
45 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch mass
170 t
Liftoff thrust
2,410 kN
Stages
3
LEO (low Earth orbit)
3,000 kg

Launches per year

of which in our database: 23

1971: 2 Successes219711972: 3 Successes1972: 1 Failures419721973: 2 Successes1973: 1 Failures319731974: 3 Successes319741975: 2 Successes219751976: 2 Successes219761977: 2 Successes219771979: 1 Successes119791981: 1 Successes119811982: 1 Successes119821983: 1 Successes119831984: 1 Successes11984
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Aug 12, 1971πŸš€ Maiden flightKH-8 32View launch β†’
  2. May 20, 1972πŸ’₯ FailureKH-8 35View launch β†’
  3. Jun 26, 1973πŸ’₯ FailureKH-8 39View launch β†’

Sources