Titan IIIE

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Titan IIIE was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle variant of the Titan III family, equipped with a Centaur upper stage and used in the 1970s to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 1 on interplanetary trajectories.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Titan IIIE canonical 10
Titan III 1

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle
orbital launch vehicle
agencyUser NASA
United States Air Force
alsoKnownAs Titan III-Centaur
linked to: Titan IIIE-Centaur
configuration two-stage core with cryogenic upper stage
countryOfOrigin United States
designedTo send spacecraft on interplanetary trajectories
developedFor NASA planetary missions
developedFrom Titan IIIC
era 1970s
failedLaunches 1
failureDetail one launch failed due to Centaur upper stage issue
family Titan III
linked to: Titan IIIE
firstFlightDate 1974-02-11
firstLaunchPayload Helios 1
firstStageEngineType LR-87
lastFlightDate 1977-09-05
lastLaunchPayload Voyager 1
launchConfiguration two solid rocket boosters with liquid core and Centaur upper stage
launchProvider NASA
United States Air Force
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41
Cape Canaveral, Florida
linked to: Cape Canaveral
manufacturer Martin Marietta
missionType planetary exploration support
solar exploration support
notablePayload Helios 1
Helios 2
Helios solar probes
linked to: Helios 1

Viking 1
Viking 2
Viking program spacecraft
Voyager 1
Voyager 2
Voyager program spacecraft
linked to: Voyager 1
program U.S. Titan rocket program
propellantTypeFirstStage hypergolic
propellantTypeSecondStage hypergolic
propellantTypeUpperStage liquid hydrogen / liquid oxygen
secondStageEngineType LR-91
status retired
successfulLaunches 6
totalLaunches 7
upperStage Centaur
upperStageVariant Centaur D-1T
linked to: Centaur
usedFor deep-space missions
interplanetary missions

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

Voyager 1 launchVehicle Titan IIIE
Voyager program launchVehicle Titan IIIE
Titan IIIE family Titan III
linked to: Titan IIIE
Titan IIIE-Centaur boosterType Titan IIIE
Centaur usedOnLaunchVehicle Titan IIIE
LR-87 usedOn Titan IIIE
Helios 1 launchVehicle Titan IIIE
Titan III familyMember Titan IIIE
Helios program launchVehicleUsed Titan IIIE
Titan III hasVariant Titan IIIE
subject linked to: Titan rocket family