Titan 34D

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Titan 34D was an American expendable launch vehicle developed from earlier Titan rockets and used primarily in the 1980s to launch military and reconnaissance payloads into orbit.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Titan 34D canonical 10
Titan 34B 1
Titan 34D7 1

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle
boosterType solid rocket booster
configuration two-stage core with solid rocket boosters
coreStageOxidizer nitrogen tetroxide
coreStagePropellant Aerozine 50
countryOfOrigin United States
designGoal increased payload capacity over earlier Titan III variants
developedFrom Titan III
Titan IIIC
era Cold War
family Titan rocket family
firstStageEngineType Aerojet LR87
linked to: Aerojet LR-87
hasVariant Titan 34D7
linked to: Titan 34D

Titan 34D9
linked to: Titan 34D
launchesFrom Cape Canaveral Air Force Station
Vandenberg Air Force Base
launchPeriodEnd 1989
launchPeriodStart 1982
launchRecordFailures 4
launchRecordSuccesses 11
launchRecordTotal 15
launchSitesPrimaryUser United States Air Force
launchVehicleFamilyRole intermediate step between Titan III and Titan IV
manufacturer Martin Marietta
numberOfStages 2
operator United States Air Force
primaryMissionProfile geosynchronous transfer orbit launches from Cape Canaveral
polar orbit launches from Vandenberg
program U.S. National Reconnaissance Office missions
propellantType hypergolic
retirementReason replacement by Titan IV
secondStageEngineType Aerojet LR91
linked to: Aerojet LR-91
status retired
successor Titan IV
usedBy National Reconnaissance Office
United States Department of Defense
usedFor defense payload launches
military satellite launches
reconnaissance satellite launches
usedToLaunch Defense Support Program satellites
KH-11 Kennen reconnaissance satellites
KH-9 Hexagon reconnaissance satellites
Naval Ocean Surveillance System satellites

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Titan IIIC successor Titan 34D
Titan III familyMember Titan 34D
Defense Support Program launchVehicle Titan 34D
subject linked to: DSP
Inertial Upper Stage usedOnVehicle Titan 34D
subject linked to: IUS
Defense Satellite Communications System launchVehicle Titan 34D
Launch Complex 40 launchVehicle Titan 34D
Titan 34D hasVariant Titan 34D7
linked to: Titan 34D
Titan 34D hasVariant Titan 34D9
linked to: Titan 34D
Titan IIID successor Titan 34D
Titan IIIB successor Titan 34B
linked to: Titan 34D