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Titan 401A Centaur

Retired

Lockheed Martin

Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005.

Key figures

Total launches
9
Successes
8
Failures
1
Success rate
88.9 %
Success streak
0
Maiden flight
Feb 7, 1994
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval β“˜
56d 22h
Planned launches
0
Titan, Titan IV, Titan IVA family total
22 launches Β· 20 successes Β· 2 failures (5 variants)

🧐 Data check

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

  • ℹ️The figures above apply only to the β€œTitan 401A Centaur” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately β€” the Titan, Titan IV, Titan IVA family totals 22 launches across 5 variants.

Technology

Length
63.1 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch mass
868 t
Liftoff thrust
14,200 kN
Stages
3
LEO (low Earth orbit)
21,680 kg
GTO (geo transfer)
9,000 kg

Launches per year

of which in our database: 9

1994: 3 Successes319941995: 3 Successes319951996: 1 Successes119961997: 1 Successes119971998: 1 Failures11998
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Feb 7, 1994πŸš€ Maiden flightMilstar 1View launch β†’
  2. Aug 12, 1998πŸ’₯ FailureMercury 16View launch β†’

Sources