Titan IIID

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Titan IIID was an American expendable launch vehicle developed from the Titan III family, primarily used by the U.S. Air Force in the 1970s and 1980s to place heavy reconnaissance and military satellites into low Earth orbit.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Titan IIID canonical 7
Titan 3D 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf expendable launch vehicle ⓘ
orbital launch vehicle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Titan 3D ⓘ
linked to: Titan IIID
coreEngineType LR-87 ⓘ
LR-91 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
customer National Reconnaissance Office ⓘ
designedFor polar orbit launches from Vandenberg ⓘ
developedFrom Titan III family ⓘ
linked to: Titan III

Titan IIIC ⓘ
failureRate 0 ⓘ
family Titan rocket family ⓘ
firstFlightDate 1971-06-15 ⓘ
fuelTypeFirstStage Aerozine 50 ⓘ
fuelTypeSecondStage Aerozine 50 ⓘ
lastFlightDate 1982-09-05 ⓘ
launchAzimuthRange polar and near-polar orbits ⓘ
launchConfiguration two solid rocket motors attached to Titan IIIC core without transtage ⓘ
launches 22 ⓘ
launchMass approximately 620000 kilograms ⓘ
launchSite Vandenberg Air Force Base ⓘ
Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex 4E ⓘ
length approximately 42 meters ⓘ
manufacturer Martin Marietta ⓘ
numberOfStages 2 ⓘ
operationalPeriodEnd 1982 ⓘ
operationalPeriodStart 1971 ⓘ
operator United States Air Force ⓘ
orbitType low Earth orbit ⓘ
oxidizerFirstStage nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
oxidizerSecondStage nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
payloadToLEO approximately 13600 kilograms ⓘ
primaryMission launch heavy reconnaissance satellites ⓘ
launch military satellites ⓘ
program U.S. reconnaissance satellite program ⓘ
propulsionType liquid-fueled core stage ⓘ
solid rocket boosters ⓘ
solidBoosterPropellant polybutadiene acrylonitrile-based solid propellant ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
successfulLaunches 22 ⓘ
successor Titan 34D ⓘ
upperStage none ⓘ
usedBy United States Air Force ⓘ
usedDuring Cold War ⓘ
usedFor KH-11 Kennen reconnaissance satellites ⓘ
KH-9 Hexagon reconnaissance satellites ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

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

Titan IIIC → successor → Titan IIID ⓘ
Titan III → familyMember → Titan IIID ⓘ
Titan III → hasVariant → Titan IIID ⓘ
subject linked to: Titan rocket family
Transtage → usedOn → Titan IIID ⓘ
Titan IIID → alsoKnownAs → Titan 3D ⓘ
linked to: Titan IIID
Titan IIIB → successor → Titan IIID ⓘ