Titan IIID

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Titan IIID was an American expendable launch vehicle developed from the Titan III family, primarily used by the U.S. Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s to place heavy reconnaissance and military satellites into low Earth orbit.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Titan IIID canonical 7
Titan 3D 1

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle
alsoKnownAs Titan 3D
linked to: Titan IIID
coreEngineType LR-87
LR-91
countryOfOrigin United States
customer National Reconnaissance Office
designedFor polar orbit launches from Vandenberg
developedFrom Titan III family
linked to: Titan III

Titan IIIC
failureRate 0
family Titan rocket family
firstFlightDate 1971-06-15
fuelTypeFirstStage Aerozine 50
fuelTypeSecondStage Aerozine 50
lastFlightDate 1982-09-05
launchAzimuthRange polar and near-polar orbits
launchConfiguration two solid rocket motors attached to Titan IIIC core without transtage
launches 22
launchMass approximately 620000 kilograms
launchSite Vandenberg Air Force Base
Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E
length approximately 42 meters
manufacturer Martin Marietta
numberOfStages 2
operationalPeriodEnd 1982
operationalPeriodStart 1971
operator United States Air Force
orbitType low Earth orbit
oxidizerFirstStage nitrogen tetroxide
oxidizerSecondStage nitrogen tetroxide
payloadToLEO approximately 13600 kilograms
primaryMission launch heavy reconnaissance satellites
launch military satellites
program U.S. reconnaissance satellite program
propulsionType liquid-fueled core stage
solid rocket boosters
solidBoosterPropellant polybutadiene acrylonitrile-based solid propellant
status retired
successfulLaunches 22
successor Titan 34D
upperStage none
usedBy United States Air Force
usedDuring Cold War
usedFor KH-11 Kennen reconnaissance satellites
KH-9 Hexagon reconnaissance satellites

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Referenced by (8)

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

Titan IIIC successor Titan IIID
Titan III familyMember Titan IIID
Titan III hasVariant Titan IIID
subject linked to: Titan rocket family
Transtage usedOn Titan IIID
Titan IIID alsoKnownAs Titan 3D
linked to: Titan IIID
Titan IIIB successor Titan IIID