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The Titan IIIC was an expendable launch system used by the United States Air Force from 1965 until 1982. It was the first Titan booster to feature large solid rocket motors and was planned to be used as a launcher for the Dyna-Soar , though the spaceplane was cancelled before it could fly.
OV2-3, along with LES-3, LES-4, and OSCAR 4, was launched on the third Titan IIIC test flight [6] on 22 December 1965 at 14:00:01 UT from Cape Canaveral LC41 [1] just one second behind schedule. From an initial parking orbit of 194 kilometres (121 mi), the Titan's Transtage boosted into a transfer orbit pending a final burn to circularize its ...
Titan III(24)B United States: Martin Marietta: 44 m 4,500 No 23 VAFB: 1971 1984 Titan III(34)B United States: Martin Marietta: 45.3 m N/A No 11 VAFB: 1975 1987 Titan IIIC United States: Martin Marietta: 41 m 11,500 3,000 No 14 CCSFS: 1965 1970 Titan III(23)C United States: Martin Marietta: 42.5 m 13,100 [107] 3,000 No 22 CCSFS: 1970 1982 Titan ...
Final flight of Titan IIIC 11 May 18:45 Titan III(23)D: 23D-24 VAFB SLC-4E: LEO: Success OPS-5642 SSF-D-4: 30 October 04:05 Titan 34D/IUS: 4D-5 34D-1 CCAFS LC-40: GSO: Success OPS-9446 OPS-6451 DSCS III-A1: First flight of Titan 34D 17 November 21:22 Titan III(23)D: 23D-23 VAFB SLC-4E: LEO: Success OPS-9627 Final flight of Titan IIID
Titan II GLV Titan IIIC [note 2] 2: 5.56: 3.05: 3,790 Fuel cells Parachute splashdown (one drogue, one main) 1965 (1964) 1966: 10 (2) [note 3] Apollo USA: North American Aviation Grumman and Douglas: Lunar: Saturn IB Saturn V: 3: 8.5: 3.91: 5,500 CM + 14,700 LM + 24,500 Service Module: Fuel cells Parachute splashdown (two drogues, three pilots ...
The Titan II and Titan III boosters could launch Dyna-Soar into Earth orbit, as could the Saturn C-1 (later renamed the Saturn I), and all were proposed with various upper-stage and booster combinations. In December 1961, the Titan IIIC was chosen, [27]: 19 ) but the vacillations over the launch system delayed the project and complicated planning.
The first launch, boosted by a Titan IIIA, occurred on 1 September 1964; [7] the Transtage failed to pressurize, resulting in premature engine cutoff, and a failure to reach orbit. [6] The second launch, on 10 December, was successful, and all ensuing launches used the Titan IIIC launch vehicle.
Lift-off of the Titan IIIC rocket carrying OV2-1 and LCS-2 satellites. In its original conception, OV2-1 was to have been launched via Titan 3A rocket to an apogee of 2,400 nmi (4,400 km) and a perigee of 100 nmi (190 km). [4] OV2-1 ultimately was scheduled for launch on the second Titan IIIC test flight [5] on 8 October 1965. However, tests at ...