Titan IIIA

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Titan IIIA was an early American expendable launch vehicle developed in the 1960s as part of the Titan rocket family, primarily used for testing upper stages and technologies for later Titan III variants.

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Titan IIIA canonical 3

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Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American rocket ⓘ
expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
configuration two-stage Titan II core with Transtage upper stage ⓘ
coreStage Titan II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
derivedFrom Titan II ICBM ⓘ
developedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
developmentStartDate 1960s ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
failedLaunches 1 ⓘ
familyVariantOf Titan III ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1964-09-01 ⓘ
firstStageEngineType Aerojet LR-87 ⓘ
firstStageFuel Aerozine 50 ⓘ
firstStageOxidizer nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
lastFlightDate 1965-05-06 ⓘ
launchCapability low Earth orbit ⓘ
launchHistory all launches from Cape Canaveral ⓘ
launchSite Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Launch Complex 20 ⓘ
launchVehicleType medium-lift launch vehicle ⓘ
manufacturer Martin Marietta ⓘ
numberOfStages 3 ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf Titan rocket family ⓘ
program US Air Force Titan III program ⓘ
propellantTypeFirstAndSecondStages hypergolic ⓘ
purpose technology development for later Titan III variants ⓘ
test upper stages ⓘ
secondStageEngineType Aerojet LR-91 ⓘ
secondStageFuel Aerozine 50 ⓘ
secondStageOxidizer nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successfulLaunches 3 ⓘ
successor Titan IIIC ⓘ
totalLaunches 4 ⓘ
upperStage Transtage ⓘ
upperStagePropellantType hypergolic ⓘ
usedAsTestbedFor military space technologies ⓘ
usedFor testing Transtage performance ⓘ
validating guidance and control systems for Titan III ⓘ
usedToQualify Transtage for later Titan III variants ⓘ

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

LR-87 → usedOn → Titan IIIA ⓘ
Titan III → familyMember → Titan IIIA ⓘ
Titan III → hasVariant → Titan IIIA ⓘ
subject linked to: Titan rocket family