Titan IIIA
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Titan IIIA was an early American expendable launch vehicle developed in the 1960s as part of the Titan rocket family, primarily used for testing upper stages and technologies for later Titan III variants.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American rocket
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expendable launch vehicle ⓘ orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| configuration | two-stage Titan II core with Transtage upper stage ⓘ |
| coreStage | Titan II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| derivedFrom | Titan II ICBM NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developedBy | United States Air Force NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| developmentStartDate | 1960s ⓘ |
| era | Cold War ⓘ |
| failedLaunches | 1 ⓘ |
| familyVariantOf | Titan III NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1964-09-01 ⓘ |
| firstStageEngineType | Aerojet LR-87 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStageFuel | Aerozine 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstStageOxidizer | nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
| lastFlightDate | 1965-05-06 ⓘ |
| launchCapability | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| launchHistory | all launches from Cape Canaveral ⓘ |
| launchSite | Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 20 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| launchVehicleType | medium-lift launch vehicle ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Martin Marietta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStages | 3 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf | Titan rocket family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| program | US Air Force Titan III program NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| propellantTypeFirstAndSecondStages | hypergolic ⓘ |
| purpose |
technology development for later Titan III variants
ⓘ
test upper stages ⓘ |
| secondStageEngineType | Aerojet LR-91 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondStageFuel | Aerozine 50 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| secondStageOxidizer | nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successfulLaunches | 3 ⓘ |
| successor | Titan IIIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| totalLaunches | 4 ⓘ |
| upperStage | Transtage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| upperStagePropellantType | hypergolic ⓘ |
| usedAsTestbedFor | military space technologies ⓘ |
| usedFor |
testing Transtage performance
ⓘ
validating guidance and control systems for Titan III ⓘ |
| usedToQualify | Transtage for later Titan III variants ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Titan III