Titan IIIA

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Titan IIIA was an early American expendable launch vehicle developed in the 1960s as part of the Titan rocket family, primarily used for testing upper stages and technologies for later Titan III variants.

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Titan IIIA canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American rocket
expendable launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle
configuration two-stage Titan II core with Transtage upper stage
coreStage Titan II
countryOfOrigin United States
derivedFrom Titan II ICBM
developedBy United States Air Force
developmentStartDate 1960s
era Cold War
failedLaunches 1
familyVariantOf Titan III
firstFlightDate 1964-09-01
firstStageEngineType Aerojet LR-87
firstStageFuel Aerozine 50
firstStageOxidizer nitrogen tetroxide
lastFlightDate 1965-05-06
launchCapability low Earth orbit
launchHistory all launches from Cape Canaveral
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 20
launchVehicleType medium-lift launch vehicle
manufacturer Martin Marietta
numberOfStages 3
operator United States Air Force
partOf Titan rocket family
program US Air Force Titan III program
propellantTypeFirstAndSecondStages hypergolic
purpose technology development for later Titan III variants
test upper stages
secondStageEngineType Aerojet LR-91
secondStageFuel Aerozine 50
secondStageOxidizer nitrogen tetroxide
status retired
successfulLaunches 3
successor Titan IIIC
totalLaunches 4
upperStage Transtage
upperStagePropellantType hypergolic
usedAsTestbedFor military space technologies
usedFor testing Transtage performance
validating guidance and control systems for Titan III
usedToQualify Transtage for later Titan III variants

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LR-87 usedOn Titan IIIA
Titan III familyMember Titan IIIA
Titan III hasVariant Titan IIIA
subject linked to: Titan rocket family