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Titan IIIC

retired
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Specifications

Status
retired
Height
42 m
Diameter
3 m
Mass
626,000 kg
Stages
3
Payload to LEO
13,100 kg
Payload to GTO
3,000 kg
First flight
1965-06-18
Total launches
36
Success / Fail
34 / 2

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.

Payloads it launched · 86

OPS 8701 (DSP 10)
GEO
OPS 4029
GEO
OPS 7350 (DSP 9)
GEO
OPS 9443 (DSCS 2-13)
GEO
OPS 9444 (DSCS 2-14)
GEO
OPS 1948
GEO
OPS 7484 (DSP 8)
GEO
COSMOS 1061
LEO
OPS 9454
Payload
OPS 9438 (DSCS 2-8)
GEO
OPS 9437 (DSCS 2-7)
GEO
OPS 3151 (DSP 7)
GEO
OPS 2112 (DSP 6)
GEO
LES-8
GEO
SOLRAD 11A
HEO
SOLRAD 11B
HEO
LES-9
GEO
OPS 3165 (DSP 5)
GEO
OPS 9436 (DSCS 2-6)
Payload
OPS 9435 (DSCS 2-5)
LEO
ATS 6
GEO
OPS 9433 (DSCS 2-3)
GEO
OPS 9434 (DSCS 2-4)
GEO
OPS 6157 (DSP 4)
GEO