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Launch Vehicle

Titan III

United States

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.

Facts
Vehicle Class
Heavy-lift expendable launch vehicle 2
Manufacturer
Martin Marietta 2
First Flight Date
1964-09-01 3
Status
Retired; superseded by the later Titan IV for the heaviest national-security payloads. 2
Classification
Vehicle Class
Expendable Launch Vehicle 1
Status
Status (category)
Retired 2
Connections

Has Vehicle Class

Expendable Launch System, Concepts

Operated By

NASA, Space Agencies and Companies

The Titan III family was developed primarily for U.S. Air Force military and reconnaissance payloads (the Air Force/Space Force has no entity in this atlas); NASA's connection is through the Titan IIIE variant, which launched the Viking Mars landers and the Voyager probes in the 1970s.

Source Encyclopedia Astronautica
In the Other Atlases

Manufactured By

Glenn L. Martin Company

Also in Business Atlas: the manufacturer of this subject.

Sources
1. Wikipedia (space and spaceflight articles)
Wikimedia Foundation
2. Encyclopedia Astronautica
  • http://astronautix.com/t/titaniiic.html
    Titan 3A with five segment solid motors. Man-rated design originally developed for Dynasoar spaceplane.
  • Operated By: NASA, Encyclopedia Astronautica: Titan III family entry, Titan IIIE variant
  • Part Of: Titan II GLV, Encyclopedia Astronautica: Titan III family entry
3. Orbit Codex: Titan III
Orbit CodexConfigurations table
Quote, Configurations table
Titan IIIA 4 1 Sept 1964
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Titan (rocket family) (Wikipedia)
Titan (rocket family), Wikipedia - lead section, vehicle kind (expendable)
Quote, Titan (rocket family), Wikipedia - lead section, vehicle kind (expendable)
Titan was a family of American intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and medium- and heavy-lift expendable launch vehicles used between 1959 and 2005.
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Titan III (Wikipedia)
In Group: Titan Rocket Family, Lead sentence
Quote, In Group: Titan Rocket Family, Lead sentence
Titan was a family of American intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and medium- and heavy-lift expendable launch vehicles used between 1959 and 2005.
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