Vehicle file · LV-439
Titan IIIC
Titan IIIC is an expendable orbital launch vehicle built by Lockheed Martin. It stands 42.0 m tall, lifts 13,100 kg to low Earth orbit, first flew on 18 June 1965. It has flown 36 times with 34 successes, a success rate of 94.4%. It has no flight on the public manifest at the moment.
Specification
Vehicle spec sheet
Flight record
Reliability
About Titan IIIC
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.
Upcoming flights
Manifest
No Titan IIIC flight is filed in the current manifest window. Missions appear here the moment a launch date is published.
All upcoming launchesCommon questions
- How many times has Titan IIIC flown?
- Titan IIIC has flown 36 orbital missions, with 34 successes and 2 failures.
- What is Titan IIIC's success rate?
- Titan IIIC has a success rate of 94.4%, from 34 successful flights out of 36 attempts.
- When is the next Titan IIIC launch?
- Titan IIIC has no flight on the public manifest at the moment. Scheduled missions appear here as soon as a launch date is filed.
- How much can Titan IIIC lift to orbit?
- Titan IIIC is rated for 13,100 kg to low Earth orbit and 3,000 kg to geostationary transfer orbit. These are the operator's published maximums and assume an expendable or fully optimised configuration.
- Is Titan IIIC reusable?
- No. Titan IIIC is expendable: every stage is discarded during flight and nothing is recovered for reflight.