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Titan 403A

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
5
Successes
4
Failures
1
Success rate
80.0 %
Success streak
2
Maiden flight
Mar 8, 1991
Reusable
No
Shortest launch interval β“˜
244d 19h
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 403A” variant. The Launch Library counts each variant separately β€” the Titan, Titan IV, Titan IVA family totals 22 launches across 5 variants.

Technology

Length
54 m
Diameter
3.05 m
Launch mass
906 t
Liftoff thrust
14,200 kN
Stages
2
LEO (low Earth orbit)
17,700 kg

Launches per year

of which in our database: 5

1991: 2 Successes219911993: 1 Failures119931996: 1 Successes119961997: 1 Successes11997
Successes Failures Other/planned

History & events

  1. Mar 8, 1991πŸš€ Maiden flightOnyx 2View launch β†’
  2. Aug 2, 1993πŸ’₯ FailureSLDCOM 3View launch β†’

Sources