Launch Vehicles
Titan III
United States
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An American launch vehicle family built on the Titan II airframe with strap-on solid rocket boosters, developed primarily for U.S. Air Force military and reconnaissance payloads. Its Titan IIIE variant, with a Centaur upper stage, launched the Viking Mars landers and the Voyager probes in the 1970s.
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Vehicle ClassHeavy-lift expendable launch vehicle 1 Manufacturer StatusRetired; superseded by the later Titan IV for the heaviest national-security payloads. 1 Sources
1. Encyclopedia Astronautica
http://astronautix.com/t/titaniiic.htmlQuote, http://astronautix.com/t/titaniiic.html
Titan 3A with five segment solid motors. Man-rated design originally developed for Dynasoar spaceplane.
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