Titan IIID
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Titan IIID was an American expendable launch vehicle developed from the Titan III family, primarily used by the U.S. Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s to place heavy reconnaissance and military satellites into low Earth orbit.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
expendable launch vehicle
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orbital launch vehicle ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Titan 3D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coreEngineType |
LR-87
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
LR-91 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| customer | National Reconnaissance Office NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedFor | polar orbit launches from Vandenberg ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Titan III family
NERFINISHED
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Titan IIIC NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| failureRate | 0 ⓘ |
| family | Titan rocket family NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstFlightDate | 1971-06-15 ⓘ |
| fuelTypeFirstStage | Aerozine 50 ⓘ |
| fuelTypeSecondStage | Aerozine 50 ⓘ |
| lastFlightDate | 1982-09-05 ⓘ |
| launchAzimuthRange | polar and near-polar orbits ⓘ |
| launchConfiguration | two solid rocket motors attached to Titan IIIC core without transtage ⓘ |
| launches | 22 ⓘ |
| launchMass | approximately 620000 kilograms ⓘ |
| launchSite |
Vandenberg Air Force Base
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| length | approximately 42 meters ⓘ |
| manufacturer | Martin Marietta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfStages | 2 ⓘ |
| operationalPeriodEnd | 1982 ⓘ |
| operationalPeriodStart | 1971 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| orbitType | low Earth orbit ⓘ |
| oxidizerFirstStage | nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
| oxidizerSecondStage | nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ |
| payloadToLEO | approximately 13600 kilograms ⓘ |
| primaryMission |
launch heavy reconnaissance satellites
ⓘ
launch military satellites ⓘ |
| program | U.S. reconnaissance satellite program ⓘ |
| propulsionType |
liquid-fueled core stage
ⓘ
solid rocket boosters ⓘ |
| solidBoosterPropellant | polybutadiene acrylonitrile-based solid propellant ⓘ |
| status | retired ⓘ |
| successfulLaunches | 22 ⓘ |
| successor | Titan 34D NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| upperStage | none ⓘ |
| usedBy | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| usedDuring | Cold War ⓘ |
| usedFor |
KH-11 Kennen reconnaissance satellites
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
KH-9 Hexagon reconnaissance satellites NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Titan III