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Background Information
- First Launch:
- December 1989
- Flight Rate:
- 2 -3 per year (Dependent on TIV ESMC demand)
- Launch Sites:
- SLC-40 & SLC-41 (CCAS, USA)
- SLC-4E/4W (VAFB, USA)
- Capability:
- 32,500 lb (single), 31,600 lb (dual) to LEO
- 11,000+ lb (dependent on spacecraft and PKM) to GTO
History
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Marketing and engineering for commercial Titan began November 1982
- Direct descendant of Titan 34D
- Titan III has flown more than 200 payloads to orbit
Description
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Two-stage storable liquid-propellant core with two strap-on solid rocket motors
- Stage 1 burns N2O4/A-50 in two Aerojet engines generating 546,000 lb of total thrust
- Stage 2 burns N2O4/A-50 in one Aerojet engine generating 104,000 lb of thrust
- Booster stage uses two UTC-CSD solid rocket motors generating 2,792,000 lb of total thrust
Profile
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Length:
- 155 ft
- Launch Weight:
- 1.5M lb (Centaur)
- Diameter:
- 10 ft (core)
- Liftoff Thrust:
- 2,792,000 lb
- Payload Fairing:
- 34.2 ft x 13.1 ft
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