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Family: Titan. Country: USA. Status: Hardware.
Stretched Titan core with 5 1/2 segment solid rocket motors. IUS (Interim/Inertial Upper Stage) solid upper stages or used without upper stages. Commercial Titan 3, marketed in 1990's, was a modification of the 34D.
SpecificationsLaunches: 19. Failures: 4. Success Rate: 78.95% pct. First Launch Date: 30 October 1982. Last Launch Date: 25 September 1992. LEO Payload: 14,515 kg. to: 185 km Orbit. Payload: 5,000 kg. to a: Geosynchronous transfer trajectory. Liftoff Thrust: 1,150,150 kgf. Total Mass: 723,490 kg. Core Diameter: 3.1 m. Total Length: 50.0 m. Launch Price $: 150.00 million. in 1994 price dollars. Flyaway Unit Cost $: 126.55 million. in 1985 unit dollars.
- Stage Number: 0. 2 x Titan UA1206 Gross Mass: 251,427 kg. Empty Mass: 40,827 kg. Thrust (vac): 634,977 kgf. Isp: 265 sec. Burn time: 114 sec. Isp(sl): 240 sec. Diameter: 3.1 m. Span: 3.1 m. Length: 27.6 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. UA1206
- Stage Number: 1. 1 x Titan 3B-1 Gross Mass: 139,935 kg. Empty Mass: 7,000 kg. Thrust (vac): 246,077 kgf. Isp: 302 sec. Burn time: 161 sec. Isp(sl): 250 sec. Diameter: 3.1 m. Span: 3.1 m. Length: 24.0 m. Propellants: N2O4/Aerozine-50 No Engines: 2. LR-87-11
- Stage Number: 2. 1 x Titan 3B-2 Gross Mass: 37,560 kg. Empty Mass: 2,900 kg. Thrust (vac): 46,939 kgf. Isp: 316 sec. Burn time: 230 sec. Isp(sl): 145 sec. Diameter: 3.1 m. Span: 3.1 m. Length: 8.6 m. Propellants: N2O4/Aerozine-50 No Engines: 1. LR-91-11
- Stage Number: 3. 1 x TOS Gross Mass: 10,960 kg. Empty Mass: 1,130 kg. Thrust (vac): 18,875 kgf. Isp: 296 sec. Burn time: 144 sec. Isp(sl): 115 sec. Diameter: 2.3 m. Span: 2.3 m. Length: 3.3 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. SRM-1
- Stage Number: 4. 1 x IUS-2 Gross Mass: 3,919 kg. Empty Mass: 1,170 kg. Thrust (vac): 7,996 kgf. Isp: 304 sec. Burn time: 103 sec. Isp(sl): 200 sec. Diameter: 1.6 m. Span: 1.6 m. Length: 2.1 m. Propellants: Solid No Engines: 1. SRM-2
Titan 34D Chronology
1982 Oct 30 - - 04:05 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D/IUS s/n 34D-1 (04D-5?). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
- DSCS III-01 Spacecraft: DSCS III. Payload: DSCS III F-1.
Spent boosters, spent maneuvering stages, shrouds and other non-functional objects (US Cat D).
- DSCS II-15 Spacecraft: DSCS II. Payload: DSCS II F-15.
Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
1983 Jun 20 - - 18:45 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D s/n 34D-5 (04D-3). Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC4E.
1983 Jun 20 - Launch Site: Vandenberg .
1984 Jan 31 - - 03:08 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D/Transtage s/n 34D-10 (05D-1). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
- Chalet 4 Spacecraft: Chalet. Payload: OPS 0441. Mass: 1,043 kg.
Chalet ELINT satellite.
1984 Apr 14 - - 16:52 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D/Transtage s/n 34D-11 (05D-2). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
- DSP Spacecraft: DSP. Payload: DSP s/n 12. Mass: 1,670 kg.
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DSP.
1984 Jun 25 - - 18:43 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D s/n 34D-4 (04D-1). Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC4E.
1984 Dec 4 - - 18:00 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D s/n 34D-6 (04D-4). Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC4E.
- USA 6 Spacecraft: KH-11. Payload: KH-11 no. 6. Mass: 13,000 kg.
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KH-11 type satellite. Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
1984 Dec 22 - - 00:02 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D/Transtage s/n 34D-13 (05D-3). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
1985 Aug 28 - - 21:20 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D s/n 34D-7 (04D-6). Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC4E. FAILURE: Stage 1 propellant feed system failure forced premature engine shutdown.
- KH-11 no. 7 Spacecraft: KH-11. Payload: KH-11 no. 7. Mass: 13,300 kg.
KH-11 type satellite.
1986 Apr 18 - - 17:45 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D s/n 34D-9 (04D-2). Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC4E. FAILURE: Failure.
- SRV-2 Spacecraft: KH-9. Payload: SRV-2. Mass: 11,400 kg.
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- SSF-D No. 6 Spacecraft: SSF. Payload: SSF-D No. 6. Mass: 60 kg.
- SRV-4 Spacecraft: KH-9. Payload: SRV-4. Mass: 11,400 kg.
- SRV-3 Spacecraft: KH-9. Payload: SRV-3. Mass: 11,400 kg.
- KH-9 no. 20 Spacecraft: KH-9. Mass: 13,300 kg.
KH-9 type satellite.
- SRV-1 Spacecraft: KH-9. Payload: SRV-1. Mass: 11,400 kg.
1987 Oct 26 - - 21:32 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D s/n 34D-15 (04D-8). Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC4E.
1987 Nov 29 - - 03:21 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D/Transtage s/n 34D-8 (05D-4). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
- USA 28 Spacecraft: DSP. Payload: DSP s/n 5R. Mass: 1,670 kg.
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Reserve DSP fitted with Block 14 sensors. Observed Scud launches during Gulf War.
1988 Sep 2 - - 13:12 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D/Transtage s/n 34D-3 (05D-5). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40. FAILURE: Broken Transtage pressurization feed lines prevented the geosynchronous orbit apogee burn from taking place.
1988 Nov 6 - - 18:03 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D s/n 34D-14 (04D-7). Launch Site: Vandenberg . Launch Complex: SLC4E.
1988 Nov 6 - Launch Site: Vandenberg .
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1989 May 10 - - 19:47 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D/Transtage s/n 34D-16 (05D-6). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
- USA 37 Spacecraft: Chalet. Payload: Chalet 6. Mass: 1,045 kg.
Chalet ELINT satellite.
1989 Sep 4 - - 04:19 GMT. LV Configuration: Titan 34D/Transtage s/n 34D-2 (05D-7). Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
- USA 44 Spacecraft: DSCS III. Payload: DSCS III F-4.
Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
- USA 43 Spacecraft: DSCS III. Payload: DSCS II F-16.
Spacecraft engaged in practical applications and uses of space technology such as weather or communication (US Cat C).
1990 Jan 1 - - 00:07 GMT. LV Configuration: Commercial Titan 3 s/n CT-1. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
- JCSAT 2 Spacecraft: HS 393. Payload: JCSat 2 / Orbus-7S. Mass: 2,280 kg.
Japanese domestic communications; 154 deg E. Domestic communications. Launching organization Martin Marietta. Launch time 0007 GMT.
- Skynet 4A Spacecraft: ECS/OTS. Payload: Skynet 4A [PAM-D2] / JCSat 2 [Orbus-7S]. Mass: 1,463 kg.
British military communications; 6 deg E. Military communications. Expected life approx 7 years. Owner/operator: Ministry of Defence, Main Building, Whitehall, London SW1A 2HB.
1990 Mar 14 - - 12:00 GMT. LV Configuration: Commercial Titan 3 s/n CT-2. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40. FAILURE: Second stage failed to separate due to a wiring error in the stage separation electronics, stranding the payload in low earth orbit.
1990 Jun 23 - - 11:16 GMT. LV Configuration: Commercial Titan 3 s/n CT-3. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
1992 Sep 25 - - 17:05 GMT. LV Configuration: Commercial Titan 3 s/n CT-4. Launch Site: Cape Canaveral . Launch Complex: LC40.
Bibliography:- 42 - Isakowitz, Steven J,, International Reference to Space Launch Systems Second Edition, AIAA, Washington DC, 1991.
- 61 - Wilson, Andrew, editor,, Jane's/Interavia Space Directory, Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon, Surrey, 1992 et al.
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