Titan IIID

Titan IIID

Launch of a Titan IIID
Function Expendable launch system
Manufacturer Martin Marietta
Country of origin USA
Size
Height 36 m (118 ft)
Diameter 3.05 m (10.0 ft)
Mass 612,990 kg (1,351,410 lb)
Stages Two
Capacity
Payload to LEO 12,300 kg (27,100 lb)
Associated rockets
Family Titan
Launch history
Status Retired
Launch sites SLC-4E, Vandenberg AFB
Total launches 22
Successes 22
First flight 15 June 1971
Last flight 17 November 1982
Boosters (Stage 0) - UA1205
No. boosters Two
Thrust 5,849 kN (1,315,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 263 sec
Burn time 115 seconds
Fuel Solid
First stage
Engines 2 LR87-11
Thrust 2,340 kN (530,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 302 sec
Burn time 147 seconds
Fuel A-50/N2O4
Second stage
Engines 1 LR91-11
Thrust 454 kN (102,000 lbf)
Specific impulse 316 sec
Burn time 205 seconds
Fuel A-50/N2O4

The Titan IIID or Titan 3D was an American expendable launch system, flown 22 times with KH-9 and KH-11 satellites between 1971 and 1982, all successful launches.[1] Essentially a IIIC with the Transstage removed, it was designed for heavy LEO payloads.

The Titan IIID first flew on 15 June 1971, launching the first KH-9 satellite.[2] It was retired from service in 1982, and replaced by the uprated Titan 34D. All launches occurred from Space Launch Complex 4E at Vandenberg Air Force Base.

Launch history

References

  1. ↑ Krebs, Gunter. "Titan-3D". Gunter's Space Page. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
  2. ↑ Wade, Mark. "Titan". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Retrieved 2009-01-25.

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