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Titan IV was a family of heavy-lift space launch vehicles developed by Martin Marietta and operated by the United States Air Force from 1989 to 2005. [4] Launches were conducted from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida [5] and Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.
Titan IV(402)A: 45D-1 4A-1 K-1 IUS-8: CCAFS LC-41: GSO: Success USA-39 First flight of Titan IV. An engine bell burn-through left only a narrow margin for success. 4 September 05:54 Titan 34D/Transtage: 5D-7 34D-2 CCAFS LC-40: HEO: Success USA-43 USA-44 Final flight of Titan 34D; final use of the Transtage upper stage 6 September 01:49
The last Titan variant to use the complex was the Titan IV, starting on 8 March 1991, with the launch of Lacrosse 2. On 19 October 2005, the last flight of a Titan rocket occurred, when a Titan IVB was launched from SLC-4E, with an Improved Crystal satellite.
The Titan V was a proposed development of the Titan IV, that saw several designs being suggested. One Titan V proposal was for an enlarged Titan IV, capable of lifting up to 90,000 pounds (41,000 kg) of payload. [39] Another used a cryogenic first stage with LOX/LH2 propellants; [40] however the Atlas V EELV was selected for production instead.
Titan IVB Misty: Optical imaging Entered service, status unknown First Titan IV-B launch from VAFB. L-10: Ursa Major [1] (Great Bear) USA-155 6 December 2000 02:47 [2] CCAFS, SLC-36A: Atlas IIAS 35,854 × 35,732 km × 9.3° [16] Quasar 13 [4] Communications: Entered service, presumed active L-11: Onyx / Vega USA-152 17 August 2000 23:45 VAFB ...
Retired: Titan IIIC, Titan IIIE, Titan IV Space Launch Complex 41 ( SLC-41 ), previously Launch Complex 41 ( LC-41 ), is an active launch site at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] As of 2024, the site is used by United Launch Alliance (ULA) for Atlas V and Vulcan Centaur launches.
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The launch was conducted by ULA and was the first flight of a Delta IV Heavy from Vandenberg. [35] On 24 September 2022, ULA launched the last Delta IV Heavy from the pad, concluding their use of SLC-6. [36] Vulcan Centaur, Delta IV Heavy's successor, will launch from the Atlas V's old pad of SLC-3E at Vandenberg. [37]