Titan IIIE-Centaur

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Titan IIIE-Centaur was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle that combined a Titan III booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 2 on interplanetary trajectories.

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How this image was made

AI-generated illustration of Titan IIIE-Centaur

This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

Prompt

Generate an image of Titan IIIE-Centaur (Titan IIIE-Centaur was a U.S. expendable launch vehicle that combined a Titan III booster with a high-energy Centaur upper stage to send deep-space probes such as Voyager 2 on interplanetary trajectories.)

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Titan IIIE-Centaur canonical 7
Titan III-Centaur 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
boosterType Titan IIIE ⓘ
configuration two-stage core with optional upper stage ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
designFeature high-energy cryogenic upper stage for Earth-escape missions ⓘ
developedFor NASA planetary missions ⓘ
era 1970s ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1974 ⓘ
firstStage Titan III core stage ⓘ
linked to: Titan IIIC
fuelUpperStage liquid hydrogen ⓘ
lastFlightDate 1977 ⓘ
launchComplex Space Launch Complex 41 ⓘ
launchesFailed 1 ⓘ
launchesSuccessful 6 ⓘ
launchesTotal 7 ⓘ
launchServiceProvider United States Air Force ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station ⓘ
launchVehicleClass heavy-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
launchVehicleFamily Titan family ⓘ
linked to: Titan III
manufacturer Martin Marietta ⓘ
missionProfile Earth-escape trajectories ⓘ
heliocentric orbits ⓘ
notableMission Helios program ⓘ
Viking program ⓘ
linked to: Viking 1

Voyager program ⓘ
notablePayload Helios 1 ⓘ
Helios 2 ⓘ
Pioneer 11 ⓘ
Viking 1 ⓘ
Viking 2 ⓘ
Voyager 1 ⓘ
Voyager 2 ⓘ
operator NASA ⓘ
United States Air Force ⓘ
oxidizerUpperStage liquid oxygen ⓘ
primaryRole launching deep-space probes ⓘ
propulsionTypeUpperStage cryogenic ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successor Titan IV-Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Titan IVB/Centaur
upperStage Centaur ⓘ
upperStageFamily Centaur family ⓘ
linked to: Centaur
usedFor deep-space missions ⓘ
interplanetary missions ⓘ
planetary exploration ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Voyager 2 → launchVehicle → Titan IIIE-Centaur ⓘ
Titan IIIE → alsoKnownAs → Titan III-Centaur ⓘ
linked to: Titan IIIE-Centaur
Viking 1 → launchVehicle → Titan IIIE-Centaur ⓘ
Viking 2 → launchVehicle → Titan IIIE-Centaur ⓘ
Viking 1 Orbiter → launchVehicle → Titan IIIE-Centaur ⓘ
subject linked to: Viking Orbiter
Viking program → launchVehicle → Titan IIIE-Centaur ⓘ