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In October 1997, a Titan IV-B rocket launched Cassini–Huygens, a pair of probes sent to Saturn. It was the only use of a Titan IV for a non-Department of Defense launch. Huygens landed on Titan on January 14, 2005. Cassini remained in orbit around Saturn. The Cassini Mission ended on September 15, 2017, when the spacecraft was sent into ...
Lockheed Martin decided to extend its Atlas family of rockets instead of its more expensive Titans, along with participating in joint-ventures to sell launches on the Russian Proton rocket and the new Boeing-built Delta IV class of medium and heavy-lift launch vehicles. The Titan IVB was the last Titan rocket to remain in service, making its ...
First Gemini launch, first orbital Titan launch 9 April 20:00 Titan II: N-3A CCAFS LC-15: Suborbital: Success 30 July Titan II: B-28 VAFB LC-395-D: Suborbital: Success "Cobra Skin" [3] 11 August Titan II: B-9 VAFB LC-395-D: Suborbital: Success "Double Talley" [3] 13 August Titan II: B-7 VAFB LC-395-D: Suborbital: Success "Gentle Annie" [3] 1 ...
This comparison of retired orbital launch systems lists the attributes of all retired individual rocket configurations designed to reach orbit. For a list of proposed rocket configurations or individual configurations currently being launched check out Comparison of Orbital Launch Systems .
Lockheed Martin USA-186 (Improved Crystal) NRO Low Earth Reconnaissance: In orbit: Operational NRO Launch 20, Final flight of Titan IVB and the Titan family of rockets. 27 October 06:52:26 Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Site 132/1 NPO Polyot: Beijing-1 (China-DMC+4) Tsinghua: Low Earth Optical imaging: In orbit: Operational TopSat: MoD: Low Earth Optical ...
Titan IVB (401)/Centaur: Cape Canaveral LC-40 Lockheed Martin Cassini: NASA Kronocentric Orbit: Saturn orbiter: 15 September 2017 10:31: Successful Huygens: NASA/ESA: Kronocentric Orbit Titan lander: 14 January 2005 12:43: Successful Cassini is the first spacecraft to orbit Saturn and Huygens is the first spacecraft to land on Titan.
Titan IVB (401)/Centaur Cape Canaveral SLC-40 Lockheed Martin USA-171 / Orion 5: NRO: Geosynchronous ELINT: In orbit: Operational NROL-26 mission. 16 September: Kaituozhe-1: Taiyuan: PS-2: Intended: Low Earth Microsat: 16 September: Launch failure Fourth stage failed to ignite 27 September 06:11 Kosmos-3M Plesetsk Site 132/1 VKS Mozhaets-4: Low ...
The Solid Rocket Motor Upgrade (SRMU) was a solid rocket motor that was used as a booster on the Titan IVB launch vehicle. Developed by Hercules (later ATK ), it was intended to be a high-performance, low-cost upgrade to the UA1207 boosters previously used on Titan IV.